The OPPO DV-981HD is the upconverting DVD player for the ultimate home theater experience. Built upon the highly regarded OPPO OPDV971H, the DV-981HD is ideal for high definition TV's and home theater projectors. The DV-981HD excels at making standard definition DVDs look great at high definition resolutions through the use of advanced upconverting technology that outperforms most TV's built-in upconversion capabilities. The DV-981HD makes it possible for you to enjoy your existing collection of DVDs as well as new DVD titles that will continue to be released for years to come.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Highly Recommended
Comment: I have had the Oppo DV-981HD for a few months now, and have been extremely pleased with it's performance. It simply does everything it is supposed to do with ease. I love being able to view PAL DVDs as well as NTSC. Super color, amazing on-screen picture. You won't be disappointed.
HIghly recommended.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great in USA, tough when travel
Comment: Before you think I'm really down on this player, let me mention I have bought two 981HD's and two 980H's for myself and some family members. All through Amazon. Our use of these players in the U.S. has been without problem. I have not been able to judge it against other players on really good video equipment, so I'll just say it is good enough for all of us. My down rating to 3 stars is ONLY because of the problems I have using it in a foriegn country. Otherwise I would rate it higher.
The one problem I have noticed is my use of it in Thailand with region three discs, most legitimately purchased (not always easy here) and a good amount with street purchased DVD copies, which is the only way to obtain some titles. The 981 (have not tried the 980 in Thailand) often will freeze up, sometimes waiting until the middle of the movie to do so. At times it fails to load a disc at all. More often this will occur for the street purchased copies, but can occur with store bought discs as well. Most (80%) Thai purchased discs will play OK. The problem is related to particular discs, and is not intermittent.
Other than a few completely bad discs the same discs will play on my computer (purchased in the U.S.) and the Thai purchased players I have tried. Because of this I keep a Sharp (I have also used a friend's Sony) DVD player one shelf down from my Oppo.
The upshot is, while it is easy to alter the Oppo to play region free, many region 3 discs will not play. I wonder if the company knows about this. I have seen no mention of it anywhere on the web.
To my knowledge, Oppo players are not sold in Thailand. I brought mine over from the U.S. Since it runs on 220V as well as 110V other than the problem above, it has performed well here. If it were the only player available to me, however, that one problem would rate it "not acceptable (in Thailand)".
Customer Rating: Summary: Oppo Review
Comment:
This Oppo DVD player is quite excellent. Very, very useful as it extends the life of your
old style DVD collection - competitive with Blu-Ray.
Customer Rating: Summary: oppo 981h
Comment: The 981h is an excellent upconverter. I've pair this up with a LN40A750 and was the upconverted picture was very sharp. Since I have yet to purchase a Blu Ray, I couldn't imagine how much different it would be. You have an abundant amount of control over your picture & sound. Though I did wish they had another output but I could have gone to the next model & don't let the OSD fool you. It's different from the other name brands and takes some getting use to but once you see the picture, you'll see why its a wolf in sheeps clothing. I'm impressed. Now let's see how much is the oppo Blu Ray when it becomes available....Heh, Heh, Heh....
Customer Rating: Summary: Would not play homemade DVDs
Comment: I bought this two weeks ago and looked forward to getting it. However I was very disappointed that it would not play my homemade movie collection. The only discs it would play are store bought movies. Everything else freezes up within minutes of starting. Picture quality was good and I thought the menus, remote, and general ease of use was fine, but that is besides the point if you can't watch your movie.
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