Has anyone heard the new OPPO BDP-83SE

I emailed Oppo about the upgrade, since I got the standard version and wanted to see if I could upgrade later. You can not upgrade your regular version player unless you bought it before 11/9/2009. Upgrades will not be offered to anyone who bought the standard unit after that date. You will have to sell your unit and then by the official SE unit. I see that there are some companies offering upgrades and I may take that route in the future.

Mark.

Mark.

>>Why can't they offer the upgrade to anyone, in the future, say for the cost difference between the two, 400 bucks.<<

I asked that today of Oppo and was told a new version is out, so buy that one instead.... if you want.

No upgrades to sE will come out later for previous BDP 83 owners.... was the message conveyed to me.

I did find out that their warranty is transferable, even if you buy added coverages of the one or two year types. One yr = 49.00; two yr = 69.00.

They've plenty in stock of the std version which I'll order tomorrow. They also said theyve no notions now for upgrading the video'/digital sections in the near future either.

11-16-09: Tbg
Kr4, It doesn't use "The OPPO BDP-83 Special Edition uses the state-of-the-art Sabre32 family of Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC) from ESS Technology. "

I do not understand this or the point.

Kal

Kr4, sound is the point. I am getting the Exemplar mods. on the OPPO BDP-83 where they work. Exemplar takes this unit to a level that I hope to soon hear. The OPPO BDP-83 SE makes these improvements impossible because of the new chip set.

Ah. That does not make the older, original chipset "better." It just makes it more suitable/convenient for your selected mod. In fact, the new chipset is, in all ways, superior.

Kal