$500 for an Oppo player is nothing considering laserdisc players averaged around $800 each (that's what I paid for my first DVD/LD combo player which I used for 11 years), and these are actually built to last, not throwaway like so many of today's electronics are so in the long run you'll save by not having to replace it. I'm just not sure I can afford one! Thanks.
#Dvd player without dts decoder full#
I now have an Oppo which has full decoding and also an "Auto" setting as individual discs can be flagged to output as either PCM or bitstream- many output as PCM even when they don't have any secondary audio, but some 2-channel DTS tracks output as bitstream and my receiver won't Pro-Logic decode those on its own- playing those in PCM solves that.If a player advertises Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, is it safe to assume an HDMI connection between it and my receiver would deliver 7.1 channels or does the player have to specifically advertise 7.1 channels? Those Oppo players look great and always get the best reviews. If I left it in PCM all the time, DTS-HD tracks would be down-rezzed to core DTS with any additional rear channels thrown out. My first BD player had full Dolby decoding but NOT DTS, so I'd have to set it to "bitstream" for DTS tracks and "PCM" for Dolby tracks. Ideally you should have a player that decodes everything, because without it you won't be able to hear any menu sound effects or secondary audio like picture-in-picture commentaries.