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i useto have a rjtech up converting dvd player that put out an amazing pic on my 63in sony hdtv from 2005/also only costing sixty dollars was a steller buy. until a year passed and it shut down. i got this oppo a week ago and notice some extra shine on the pic better details but overall the picture is not that sharp/crisp/clean as the rj tech. i feel like my 260 went out the window with this buy. the sound is a marked improvment over the rjtec but you can get great sound from a chipped speaker set up. so is it better than the rj tec build wise? no it is obvious the maker used cheap plastics from china(they carry a certin raw scent) and it has the same guide/meanus as the rjtech which are also made in china. The biggest dis came with the crappy disk tray. Plain and smelly black plastic unlike the rj tech which had a high grade translucent disk tray. so to all those out there that want one of these players do yourself a favor and shop sround a bit more. now i can only hope that this player wont fizz out in a year like its sixty dollar counterpart.

Base on the high reviews on Amazon and Cnet, I was excited to get one. Amazon shipped the product super fast. Plugged in the HDMI cable to my 2007 Panasonic plasma, adjusted the player settings, nothing looked better. Noticable was the sound. Sound is way better than the normal dvd player. So I bought the Panasonic upconverter for $100 and the graphic is acceptable than this Oppo 891. Good luck. Hope you have better luck than I did.

Why would you buy this player when you could buy a Toshiba HD-A2 or HD-A20 HD DVD Player for the same price, and you would get the up-converting capabilities and get HD-DVD capabilities thrown in for the same price?

I debated this with myself, but when the price of Toshiba's players dropped, I made the plunge, bought the HD-A20, and am very pleased with the purchase. HD-DVD is fantastic! SD up-convert is great too.

This is a good product, but for a bit more money you can get the Toshiba HD-A2 player that does outstanding upconversion and plays the rapidly expanding catalog of HD-DVD titles. Upconverted DVDs are no comparison to HD-DVDs on a suitably sized 1080 screen, such as my Samsung 46 inch 1080p LCD (4695D).

It's my fault that I didn't look more closely, but this is not really an HD player. There are other, less expensive, true HD players out there. I returned mine.