Oppo to launch BD-83

Oppo will release a ABT 2010 based Profile 2 blu-ray player, compatible with SACD

some story & pictures about it

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/cediacrunch-hands-on-oppo-bdp-83-blu-ray-player/
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/team_HCC/Oppo+sacd+Blu-ray
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10034873-1.html

Good news for Oppo fans, bad news for the wallet.

Oppo to launch BDP-83 by the end of the year

Oppo to launch BDP-83 by the end of the year

Oppo will release a ABT 2010 based bluray player, compatible with SACD

some story & pictures about it

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/cediacrunch-hands-on-oppo-bdp-83-blu-ray-player/
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/team_HCC/Oppo+sacd+Blu-ray
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10034873-1.html

Good news for Oppo fans, bad news for the wallet.

How to know when to enable RGB Full Range in PS3

Found the following about RGB full range. Note however, that this also applies to any dvd or blu-ray player

There is a lot of misinformation regarding the option “Enable RGB Full Range” located in the Display Options menu in the PlayStation3.

If you ask in a lot places around the net, the common answer it’s that you should have it enabled no matter what, because everything is darker, the colors are more “vivid” and the image is no longer “washed out”, but this it’s totally wrong. The reality is that you lose all the detail in the shadows or dark places and the colors are over saturated if your HDTV doesn’t support it.

Almost every one of the Hight Definition Televisions in the market are made to work only with RGB Limited Range for legacy support reasons. That means that they only display the range of color from 16 (Black) to 235 (White) instead of the Full Range (0 to 255). On the other hand, most, if not all, of the PC monitors are capable of displaying the Full Range because they are not limited by the Television standards…

read the rest of this article here…

http://nicolaspeople.com/ch3rokeesblog/?p=13

sony introduces new bluray players / recorders

check it out here

how to get your universal IR remote working on the PS3 “the easy way”

1. buy a cheap IR remote (15-20€) with usb receiver for the ps3
   (for example nyko or bigben)
2. program your universal remote
3. throw away the el cheapo remote, keep the receiver

in my case

1. bought a “bigben ps3 remote”
   
2. programmed my harmony 525
   • added a new device, “game console with DVD”
   • configured activity “watch a dvd” to use this new device.

problems

1. didn’t work when you select “playstation 3″ as the “game console with dvd”
   solution : You have to select bigben with product code BB 251548 (or nyko bluwave if you bought a nyko).
2. every IR command to the ps3 was sent twice to the ps3. Handy.
   solution : in the harmony remote software
   • go to troubleshoot device “game console with dvd”
   • go to … commands sent multiple times …
   • change value from 3 to 1