Historically, OPPO hasn't even offered any official mention of a new player on their site until it was shipping, and that was the plan for OPPO's latest player (the 983H ), as well. They ended up taking pre-orders for the first time with the 983H, though, as a result of a review that was released early (Secrets posted their benchmark score over a week before the player was ready to ship and they got hammered with requests), and they sold the first batch out completely. They should have stock again very shortly, though. For a top notch video and audio player, the 983H is an excellent choice.