Question about OPPO Udp-203

oppo-udp-203
Oppo UDP-203 (Test) 1
BY AV EDITORS ON 5. MAY 2017 - 14:13
Although the majority of all new TVs over 50 inches now natively display 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and more and more Ultra HD Blu-rays are appearing, the selection of adequate players is meagre. Now the American AV specialist Oppo, which operates independently of the Chinese electronics company that gives it its name, is making a valuable and so far unique contribution. The UDP-203 can handle not only UHD discs, but pretty much all types of discs, including SACD and DVD-Audio, which should please hi-fi fans in particular. It is also the first player to be prepared on the hardware side for the playback of Dolby Vision discs. For this, we give it the innovation logo, even if this function will only be activated with a firmware update later this year. But this delay is not tragic, since the release dates of the first Dolby Vision discs are still in the stars.

There is less good news on the price front: While the model costs just under 550 dollars in the USA, 850 euros are due here - a somewhat high discrepancy in view of the current dollar exchange rate.

A befitting appearance

oppo-udp-203_proconOppo's Blu-ray players have never been really cheap. After all, the Americans already underlined their high-end claim in audiovision 3-2013 with the BDP-105, which cost 1,400 euros at the time; the further developed Darbee edition (test in issue 9-2014) even cost 1,520 euros. With the BDP-103D, on the other hand, the ESS Sabre32 Reference converters, the XLR outputs and the toroidal transformer were dropped, which is why it only cost 820 euros. In this respect, the price for the first Ultra HD model seems fairly calculated, especially since it takes over some of the highlights of its brothers.

Can I watch the films in 4K Ultra HD, which can be bought separately, on a normal Blue Ray player? I would like to buy the films in 4K Ultra, watch them beforehand and then watch them again when I switch to 4K devices.

Oppo builds high-end audio/video equipment at its best! Unfortunately too expensive for me :(