The "NEW" OPPO 983H

Just came from the Oppo web site. Is this the BP unit everyone is waiting for? Sounds like it's available NOW! Anyone have any more info, like are they really shipping? javascript:void(0)

No, the DV-983H has been shipping since March - it is their last word on standard DVD playback. (My OPPO 98x review looks at all three of their current players, by the way.) It's a hell of a player, but it's not a Blu-ray player.

The BDP-83 will be their first Blu-ray player, and there is currently no official page for it. I don't expect one to appear until they start taking orders (which will be when or at most a week before they have stock in hand and ready to ship).

Anyone know if the the DV-983H allows you to output video via HDMI and audio via digital coax at the same time? I am rearranging my main listening / home theater area based upon recommendations from GIK acoustics and have the opportunity to run HDMI instead of component to a projector, but would still need to run non-HDMI to my Outlaw 970.

Yes, it will - I do it with my 983H and my 990 (HDMI through the 990's DVI switching to the HDTV, coaxial digital and multichannel analog audio to the 990). I set HDMI Audio output to "off", but it isn't actually necessary to do so.

Thanks