This has been a VERY informative thread. My head's kinda spinning because personally, I expected to be bull-rushed by DVD-A and SACD lovers attacking me for being behind the times. Once I bought my BDP-83 I tried to find DVD-A or SACD versions of albums I love enough to buy in a new format for the 3rd or 4th time like Santana's "Abraxas", Miles' "Kind of Blue" etc... didn't work, couldn't find em. So I have capabilities on my Oppo that I'll likely never get to use, so to me at least, it would make more sense not to have to pay for something I'll never need. Oppo felt differently.

I'm sure they'll come out with a better up-converter without the Audio formats but I couldn't wait for that. I'm glad I bought the BDP-83. Blu-Ray play back is top-notch and it up-conversion to me is well worth the list price. With me they've a customer for life, or until they're bought out and mangled.

Worf