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>> Hi, I'm Matthew Moskoviciak, associate editor at
cnet.com and this is the Oppo DV-980H. Now we've been a
big fan of Oppo players for a while, and this is no
exception. Unlike some of Oppo's earlier players this
one actually looks pretty nice. It has a black front
panel which is pretty stylish. The remote is pretty
much the same from earlier players. It's not that
great, but it has some nice features. The directional
pad is easy to use and it is glow in the dark so while
it doesn't have backlighting you can at least see it
somewhat in a darkened home theater. One thing that
we've complained about on some earlier Oppo DVD players
is that the disc tray feels a little flimsy. This one's
a little bit better, but it's -- still feels flimsy
when you take it out. However, we've had Oppo players
in our lab for quite some time and we never run into an
issue, so while it may feel flimsy we don't think it's
actually a real-world problem. Now as many Oppo
players, this is packed with features. It can play
regular DVD easy and up-convert them to 1080 P, and it
also can play the niche audio formats DVD audio and S A
CD, which is a nice feature for enthusiasts to still
have those discs in their collection. Looking around
the back there's a lot of connectivity on the Oppo.
There's an A C output as we mentioned before, there's
also 7.1 analog multichannel outputs for older analog
receivers. They're also both optical and coaxial
digital audio outputs, as well as the standard stereo
analog output. Of course like all up-converting DVD
players, it won't make your DVDs look high def, but it
can make them a little bit better depending on what TV
you have. Overall we really like the DV0-980H, but the
only thing you have to consider is that at this price
point it's very close to HD DVD players, so you may want
to consider stepping up since HD DVDs look a lot better
than anything the Oppo can output. I'm Matthew
Moskoviciak from cnet.com and this is the Oppo DV-980H.
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