Oppo is no more

Scott F. · « **on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:14 am »

For you Oppo fans out there...

https://www.oppodigital.com/farewell.aspx

twitch54 · « **Reply #1 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:26 am »

major bummer IMO, us physical media types are a dying breed I guess ! I love my '205', perhaps I'll buy another ??

here's another report ....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2018/04/02/oppo-shock-popular-av-brand-announces-that-its-time-to-say-goodbye/#42e0a94e3acc

nature boy · « **Reply #2 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:31 am »

They made great universal players. Always highly sought after.

I am glad I got a TEAC CD transport recently for my 2 channel system, in case I need to replace the drive.

NB

kgturner · « **Reply #3 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:35 am »

Seems like a bad April Fools joke.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #4 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:38 am »

Too bad they were doing well.

Phil A · « **Reply #5 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:39 am »

Quote from: kgturner on 3 Apr 2018, 12:35 am

Seems like a bad April Fools joke.

It sure does

SteveFord · « **Reply #6 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:44 am »

This is bad news. They made great stuff at an affordable price.

Atlplasma · « **Reply #7 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 12:50 am »

Hmmm. Makes me think I should buy a 4K player while I still can.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #8 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 01:19 am »

Could the sales have lot droped?

I.Greyhound Fan · « **Reply #9 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 02:10 am »

Sad to see a great company with a great product go out of business. Unfortunately the did not diversify into other area's of the audio market. Streaming video services are killing BR and DVD. Plus, Oppo use to make cheap well performing DVD players and they went high end which is not always a good thing. You can buy pretty good BR players for a lot less than what oppo was selling. I am surprised that they did not jump into the DAC, streamer market head on. Look at Schiit audio. Great products at all price points.

oem-wheels · « **Reply #10 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 02:51 am »

WOW.. real shocker for me.. I wish they'd mention why.. very curious.. couldn't .. be sales ? could it ? I thought everyone into upper tier bluray players had one of these..

Bemopti123 · « **Reply #11 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 02:51 am »

Really makes me sad that such a good company is going under at least in the US. I guess their sales were not enough to keep it going.

JerryM · « **Reply #12 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 02:54 am »

But I thought they were going to offer MQA? How could this be??

rikhav · « **Reply #13 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 03:12 am »

Does this also include their headphones as well as sonica DAC and WiFi speaker ?

Delta77 · « **Reply #14 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 03:24 am »

I was looking to get the Sonica ,for the headphone system soon...

JDUBS · « **Reply #15 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 03:31 am »

Quote from: kgturner on 3 Apr 2018, 12:35 am

Seems like a bad April Fools joke.

Lol, and an ill-timed one, considering the news release was on 4/2.

-Jim

S Clark · « **Reply #16 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 03:50 am »

Their DVD and Blu Ray players were high quality units when their competition was turning out sub par products or even simply crappy products. I've owned two of their universal players, and had planned on buying another in a year or two. Damn.

JohnR · « **Reply #17 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 10:28 am »

Quote from: I.Greyhound Fan on 3 Apr 2018, 02:10 am

Streaming video services are killing BR and DVD.

My guess is you've got it.

When I read this thread first I was a bit incredulous - I mean, I have a BDP-103 and when it dies, I supposed I would have just looked to the equivalent Oppo model du jour to replace it. However, on reflection, the reality is that 95% of its work these days is streaming Netflix. And I don't use the analog outputs any more (frankly I was a bit unimpressed with that aspect of the player).

Hm.

JLM · « **Reply #18 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 10:43 am »

I owned one of the early players. Unfortunately Oppo has had a pattern of not giving warning of dropped products (the HA-1 DAC/headphone amp for example). With headphones, Sonica, wireless speakers, and HA-2 portable headphone amp in addition to the universal players I thought they had diversified rather nicely.

Sad to see any company that offers quality at a good price close.

Big Red Machine · « **Reply #19 on:** 3 Apr 2018, 10:58 am »

Is it just me or doesn't streaming rob you of good hard sound quality and video quality? I must be old school because I love putting a disc in the machine and controlling every aspect of playback I can. I have over 800 DVD's and am on a run to purchase 4K movies monthly. I noticed Amazon (?) was discontinuing CD sales soon? The world is coming to an end!!

Salute Oppo.