Sis Elmira, hindi ba may difference sa mga video processor. Alam ko kasi ang gamit sa Oppo is Marvell Qdeo technology. How is this different compared with htpc video cards?
Sa tingin ko pag na tweak mo ng maayos ang HTPC and you have the right hardware same lang yan ng oppo or any bluray player na mamahalin tapos ang HTPC can be tweak as universal Bluray player na software lang gamit mo. Yung oppo ba kaya iplay ang khit na anong bluray disk? Kasi iso disk din naman kasi ang iplay mo not the encode.
Some actual review and feedback sister.
Consumer Electronic (CE) standalone player:
Works out of the box
No need to mess around
No regular maintenance (except for firmware updates)
Cost (though with an Oppo this is moot)
WAF (Wife Approval Factor) - very high
HTPC:
Requires working knowledge of PCs & HTPC software
Needs set up, even for pre-built HTPCs
Depending on applications, will require maintenance
Costs - Initial investment is usually high (around $500 or so)
WAF - have to tweak a lot to get it high
HTPC offers many advantages that may seem insignificant.
Since it is basically a computer connected to your TV, you can watch and do anything that you would do on a regular Desktop/Laptop. For instance, sports viewing; ESPN broadcasts many games on their online network and the majority of the population bemoans the fact that they need to watch it on a tiny screen. With a HTPC, you don't have that problem.
HTPC can store data, music, movies. photos etc. When family or friends come over, it is very convenient to simply turn on the HTPC and use a remote to view photos on a large TV display.
A few other points: similar to audio playback, the quality depends on the device at the end of the chain.
Good aural reproduction requires high quality speakers, not an all-in-one Home-Theater-in-a-Box and good visual reproduction requires a very good display.
Secondly (this should actually be the first), you need to have a very good pair of ears and eyes to distinguish and recognize quality. Eg. I have a 720pTV and a 1080p PJ and most of the time I'm hard pressed to distinguish between the two.
You need to buy a $50 BD player and see how you like it, before spending $500 on an Oppo.
Personally, I would rather spend $500 on a HTPC but that's just because I have had one for a number of years.
I started specifically because I wanted to hook up a PC to the TV for online viewing.
Then HD-DVD and Blu-Ray came along. It was very cheap (compared to CE players) to have HD playback on a PC. Simply add a $100 drive and go, whereas CE players (at that time) were $400 & up.
Then came Terabyte storage, I purchased a 1TB external and never looked back.
Now, I use it primarily to store and play some of my favorites; movies and shows that I watch over and over. Watching TV shows is great because of the UI. I use Media Center with Media Browser to organize my collection.
Its a great hobby to get into. And it has a lot of 'flash'.
As the others have said it really depends on what you want to do. If you're just playing physical media, then stick with the Oppo as others have recommended. If you want to stream or play media from a NAS, file server, other PC or the internet then it gets a little more complex.
The Oppo can act as a media player but you need to investigate its capabilities, which I imagine will be far less than a HTPC and the interface probably isn't as friendly as XBMC. The blu-ray player section of this forum is a good place to start to find out how the Oppo performs in that respect.
I settled on a HTPC primarily because it was far more flexible in what it could do and handle (different file types and formats, etc). I only touch the physical media once when I rip the main title, and then store it away never to be seen again. I get away with using the DLNA client on my bedroom 'Smart' TV but there is no way I could put up with it as my main screen as it is very clunky compared to a HTPC setup (I have regular compatability issues with several media formats despite using a DLNA server which transcodes my media on the fly). I haven't got the video quality on my HTPC as good as it could be, but that's due to my lack of knowledge in tweaking it rather than any fault of the HTPC.
It will still depend on your need sister kung like mo ng bluray disk get the oppo as they said new firmware of oppo does not have iso playback anymore. Now i think i will be back for HTPC. Indeed ISO playback has been removed.
This version is designed for the OPPO BDP-93 and BDP-95 Blu-ray Disc players. Comparing to the previous Official release version BDP9x-61-1219, the major changes are:
Per request from the studios, the ISO file playback function has been removed in this firmware version. The previous firmware had the ability to play ISO files, but it was an undocumented function and was never officially announced or supported. Future firmware revisions will no longer support ISO playback.
Resolved the loading failure observed on several recently released titles, samples like "Hugo (BD, 2012)" and "Rio (BD, 2011)". The failure only happens with the 2D version Blu-ray disc, where the TV shows only a black screen and the player's front panel display would remain at 00:00:00. This firmware can properly load and play these titles.
Improved video up-conversion quality over the HDMI 1 output for 720p source material. This improvement provides a better picture quality for Netflix streaming as well as 720p-encoded Blu-ray discs.
Resolved the loading failure issue observed on several recently-released Blu-ray movies, mainly Universal Europe (EU) releases. Their US releases have no known issues. Sample titles include "Jurassic Park Trilogy (BD Box Set, 2011)", "Kong Fu Panda 2 (BD, 2011)", "Fast Five (BD, 2011)", and "National Lampoon's Animal House (BD, 1978 version)" etc. With the previous firmware, disc playback will automatically stop once you go to the Main Menu and select PLAY. This firmware properly loads and plays all of the above Blu-ray titles.
Resolved the audio channel loss issue where DTS-HD MA 6.1 audio is decoded as 5.1 for both the analog audio outputs and the HDMI LPCM output. Sample titles include "Star Wars: The Complete Saga (BD, 2011)" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (BD, 2011)". The reason is the Center Surround (CS) channel is folded into Surround channels (SR/SL) instead of Surround Back channels (SBR/SBL). This firmware decodes this 6.1 audio as 7.1 by distributing the CS channel to the SBR/SBL channels, and send out through HDMI and analog audio outputs.
Resolved the freezing issue observed when accessing some BD-Live features. Samples include the "Extras" in "Puss in Boots (BD, 2011)", the "Disney Virtual Vault" in "The Lion King (BD, 2011)".
Provided smaller volume control adjustment steps through the Analog audio outputs. Previously the Volume Control adjusts at 5 per step in the index and 2 dB per step in the level. This firmware allows volume control at 1 per step in the index (100, 99, 98, 97, ...), 0.5 dB per step in the level for BDP-95, 1 dB per two consecutive steps in the level for BDP-93 (e.g.,indexes 100 and 99 share the same volume level).
Improved general disc compatibility based on recent and upcoming Blu-ray releases as well as user-submitted disc samples including "Mr. Poppers Penguins (BD, 2012)", "Dragons Gift of the Night Fury (BD, 2012)", "Human Planet (BD, BBC Documentary)" and "Nine Inch Nails, Live - Beside You In Time (BD)".
All features and improvements of the previous firmware are also included in this version.
source:
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/bdp9x-firmware-65-0302.aspxMay tanung din ako diba pag process ng BD Player or HTPC nung video iprocess din siya ng AV receiver? Yung ang pagkakaalam ko kasi may upscaling din ang AV receiver and siya ang dadaanan ng video after ng BD player or HTPC. Di ko lang alam kung magbabago ang PQ ng isang video after niya maprocess sa BD player or HTPC then ng AV receiver.
There are still models with capabilities sir, those that did not choose the latest firmware like me hehe. But honestly I did use it for a while but it's just too slow to load and very limited pa yung controls kaya end up hooking the nmt again. Now I'm a happy camper
But AFAIK need mo pa din mag upgrade to support some new features of Bluray correct me if im wrong.
