OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio

It is a very good DVD player; however the upconverting is not exactly what you expect UNLESS you have HDMI. For component connectivity you do NOT get the upconverting benefits. You might as well have something less expensive OR you must have HDMI connectivity.

This DVD player was recommended by a sound-system-knowledgable friend and we now see and hear why! Images look more crisp, music sounds more clear. We are very pleased with this purchase.

This is my first DVD player so I have no comparision, but the picture quality is good to me and it's very easy to use. Moreover, their customer service is very good. My original order from Amazon came with a defected optical unit made by Sanyo and it failed to read any disc after one month of usage. The customer service immediately fixed it and shipped it back to me in two days. After that we watched a lot of DVDs to test the repair, and it has been very good so far.

So far so good! Very sleek compact model, 1080p upscaling, easy to configure for multi-region dvds AND both NTSC or PAL output. And for a great price. Does exactly what I wanted it to do.

The Oppo 980 has the best cost/benefit relation that I could have in a DVD player.

In spite of this format is already considered "old", because of Blu-Ray, being this unit a Universal Player (including DVD-Audio and SACD compatibility) it is a worth buying.

The image is very good, specially the upscalling to 1080p, with little few visible artifacts.

The sound that goes from the analog outputs is nothing but amazing. It beats easilly my old Pioneer DV-563A sound.

Unfortunatelly, I could not test the DSD output via HDMI since my receiver does not support HDMI1.2a. But I think it will not disapoint me.