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[johnjay]

"Why pay £500 for a Blu-ray player when you can pick up a decent one for less than £100? As this flagship Panasonic DMP-BDT700 shows, it’s all about performance".-What HIFI September 2014

Didn't Oppo do this twice already just as good for its time or better? When it might have been an actual investment?

 

[Glacialpath]

I'm pretty sure WHF don't compare kit under £100 to kit over £500.

I mean if that's their quote then fine. They can still give a £90 player 5 stars but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near as good as a £500 equivelent. Of course that doesn't strictly mean it isn't either.

 

[johnjay]

I'm pretty sure WHF don't compare kit under £100 to kit over £500.

I mean if that's their quote then fine. They can still give a £90 player 5 stars but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near as good as a £500 equivelent. Of course that doesn't strictly mean it isn't either.

Your completely taking me up wrong. Oppo, maybe more successfully, did what Panasonic have done here 2 years ago with the bdp-103 but WHF didn't rate it at all. But if you don't think i'm making sense just google Oppo BDP-103 review.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

I'm pretty sure WHF don't compare kit under £100 to kit over £500.

I mean if that's their quote then fine. They can still give a £90 player 5 stars but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near as good as a £500 equivelent. Of course that doesn't strictly mean it isn't either.

Your completely taking me up wrong. Oppo, maybe more successfully, did what Panasonic have done here 2 years ago with the bdp-103 but WHF didn't rate it at all. But if you don't think i'm making sense just google Oppo BDP-103 review.

I understand stand what you are saying, the Oppo got 3 stars at £500 but probably identical to the 5 star Panasonic. I think when WHF did the review they directly compared it to the Pioneer 450 which was the same but £300 cheaper. So really WHF should've done the same here but haven't.

 

[Craig M.]

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[Glacialpath]

Sorry johnjay.

As Gel says though they wouldn't compare 2 players from different price ranges.

You know what it would be cool if they did because then we might get an idea the difference between a "high end" player and a "budget" player but I think people would just not buy the "high end" playerss if the difference wasn't hardly anything which it may not be.

 

[nopiano]

Johnjay, I suspect this is one area where a decent player under one hundred quid looks exactly the same to most users as one at £350 or more.

Oppo might be an exception for sound, and on a huge screen in perfect conditions it might be discernible. But in the average living room with a normal telly...?

 

[johnjay]

Johnjay, I suspect this is one area where a decent player under one hundred quid looks exactly the same to most users as one at £350 or more.

The machine works as a pre-amp processor, processor for any other pictue wth a HDMI output, streamer of really good quality, multi-ch analogue input playback, front MHL HDMI etc,etc. You won't get any of this in any player under £100. I give credit to most AV users will realise this, wheras the chap just lookint to play his Blu Ray movie on a telly wont be looking for all this ability.

My point is the Panasonic got 5 stars & the Oppo only got 3 stars. Even though its a very similar piece of kit. But all of a sudden 2 years later its recommended to spend £500 on a Blu Ray player? Nothing at all to do with a "high end" player vs an average player.

Or am I to believe all of a sudden Panasonic found a magic potion to make the picture look better on it than any Oppo Blu Ray player...

As I say & stand by: Search Oppo BDP-103 Review & see where else it wasn't rated...