OPPO BDP-80

93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Excellent image quality on Blu-ray movies; plays music, videos, and pictures off a connected USB drive; solid build quality; SACD and DVD-Audio playback; 7.1 analog outputs; swift operational speed.

No streaming media services like Netflix; lacks built-in Wi-Fi; does not support 3D Blu-ray; bare-bones user interface; DVD performance lags slightly behind competing players; relatively expensive for its feature set.

Oppo's BDP-80 Blu-ray player doesn't perform well enough to make up for its lack of Wi-Fi, streaming media features, and 3D Blu-ray support.

This universal disc player also supports playback of SACD and DVD-Audio music discs, as well as AVCHD, HDCD, JPEG, and MP3 ; The BDP-80 supports 1080p/24 playback of Blu-ray discs ; The player has internal high-resolution audio decoding and can...

This player does not support video-on-demand or media streaming ; The BDP-80 lacks a wireless option for connection to your home network ; This player doesn't use the higher-end video processor found in the BDP-83, and it lacks an advanced control port...

Oppo has earned a reputation for serving up high-quality players for areasonable price, and the BDP-80 is a great choice for someone whowants most of the features found in the pricier BDP-83 but does notneed the higher-end Anchor Bay VRS processing...

Swift operational speed; 7.1 analog outputs; DVD-Audio and SACD playback; solid build; plays back pictures, videos, and music tracks via connected USB external drive; excellent picture quality for Blu-ray movies

Relatively expensive; slow DVD performance; very basic user interface; no 3D playback support; lacks inbuilt Wi-Fi and streaming media services

If you need a basic Blu-ray player with excellent image quality, then the Oppo BDP-80 is a good choice. However, its competitors are providing more features in similar price range like Wi-Fi and streaming media services such as Panasonic DMP-BD85K and...

Able to change performance parameters and resolution on-the-fly ; SACD and DVD Audio support ; Multi-region

No force film deinterlacing mode ; No seamless layer change for DVDs

If you have a display with top-class deinterlacing, or perhaps a recent AV receiver with similar (they will need manual film/video overrides to significantly improve performance), then you will find the Oppo Digital BDP-80 excellent. Especially if you...

Oppo has injected a lot of experience and engineering from the BDP-83 to the BDP-80. The build quality as well as video and audio performance are streets ahead of players at this price point. For $289, the BDP-80 is ridiculous. If you are looking for a...

The most affordable Universal player on the market, Great feature set, Outstanding build quality, Fast response times, Excellent product support

None (unless you're into streaming? )