WildWolf:

I also have a 990 and the Pioneer 5080 and I'm really interested in the OPPO BDP-83. I currently have an OPPO 980H and it is terrific. The BDP-83 will incorporate a good portion of the top notch video processing of DVDO/Anchor Bay's line of separate video processors (also in the OPPO 983H) along with BD playback. It is expected to be a benchmark player. For me I want to test the effectiveness of the video processor outputing a 720P signal and feeding my 768P Pioneer plus the BDP-83's decoding of the new audio formats fed to the 990 via 7.1 analog inputs.

For more info on OPPO Gonk has reviewed three OPPO players and though he can't/won't say, I bet he is in line to put the BDP-83 through its paces before it is released later this year or early next.