Reavon Blu-ray DVD-Audio SACD player coming out in Europe.

[Sonik Wiz]

I am unaware! I only have a handful of DVD-As and only OPPOs

Then you are as aware as you need to be!

 

[4-earredwonder]

I am unaware! I only have a handful of DVD-As and only OPPOs

You have to remember, implementation of MLP DVD~A was only introduced in the late 90's so all DVD players manufactured prior to that date were bare basic players and even after the introduction of MLP DVD~A manufacturers continued to manufacture DVD players without hi res playback ..... which is why all those early MLP DVD~A discs contained DTS/DD 5.1 for 'backward compatibility!'

 

[Tribby2001]

So in light of the above, can we conclude then that a modern day audiophile claimed Universal player such as advertised by Reavon will very likely be DVD-A MLP compatible? I mean how many modern DVD-A players don't support MLP?

AND, can a DVD-Video only player play DVD-Audio with DTS/DD 5.1 encoding?

 

[LuvMyQuad]

So in light of the above, can we conclude then that a modern day audiophile claimed Universal player such as advertised by Reavon will very likely be DVD-A MLP compatible? I mean how many modern DVD-A players don't support MLP?

AND, can a DVD-Video only player play DVD-Audio with DTS/DD 5.1 encoding?

There are very very few new players, universal or otherwise, that play DVD audio (MLP). Its a dead format at this point in time.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

There are very very few new players, universal or otherwise, that play DVD audio (MLP). Its a dead format at this point in time.

Yes.

 

[CINERAMAX]

Shame that HDCD playback seems to have disappeared.

Had it been multichannel I would agree, 2 channel Yuck.

 

[madscot]

So let me get this straight, the 100 is a “universal” player that doesn’t play SACD’s?

I wish someone could explain that to me.

 

[marcb]

Yeah those pictures are a case study on why Oppo went out of business.

The Oppo certainly looks quite bespoke but it's entirely possible the Reavon internals are simply more efficient and off-the-shelf, and in the world of electronics "more bigger stuff inside" != better performance, so measurements would be in order to see if there's a performance gap, or just an aesthetics gap.

Regardless, Reavon is overpricing these things IMO.

Oppo didn’t go out of business. It chose to get out of the business...likely because it felt the viability of the quality physical disc player market was dubious.

It’s not the only one.

 

[Tribby2001]

There are very very few new players, universal or otherwise, that play DVD audio (MLP). Its a dead format at this point in time.

Then I'm ignorantly pleased I didn't invest in the format.

 

[marcb]

Then I'm ignorantly pleased I didn't invest in the format.

The good news is they’re not hard to rip if you have a DVD drive.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Then I'm ignorantly pleased I didn't invest in the format.

In the last few months, three DVD~Audio discs were released into the wilds ....... including Mr. Afternoon's wonderful "The Golden Bonana" in MLP DVD~A 5.1.
And of course one of the golden treasures available only on MLP DVD~A 5.1 [and NOT SACD] is the Beatles LOVE album ..... 81 minutes of glorious 5.1 Surround in astounding discrete fidelity!

 

[madscot]

The good news is they’re not hard to rip if you have a DVD drive.

I find it impossible to rip MLP files from a DVD-A, it always seems to treat the tracks individually rather than as a whole album!

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I find it impossible to rip MLP files from a DVD-A, it always seems to treat the tracks individually rather than as a whole album!

How are you ripping? DVD-Audio extractor is basically the only way. There are several options for the format of the resulting files.

 

[gvl_guy]

Oppo didn’t go out of business. It chose to get out of the business...likely because it felt the viability of the quality physical disc player market was dubious.

It’s not the only one.

Oppo is mainly cellphones now. OPPO Official Site | OPPO Global

 

[Plan9]

How are you ripping? DVD-Audio extractor is basically the only way. There are several options for the format of the resulting files.

Foobar with the DVD-A add-on also works fine.

 

[madscot]

How are you ripping? DVD-Audio extractor is basically the only way. There are several options for the format of the resulting files.

I use dvd-audio extractor but it seems to split the tracks up and put them in the wrong order, maybe it’s just the couple i’ve tried, if I try to do the hi-res stereo it seems okay

 

[JediJoker]

Oppo is mainly cellphones now. OPPO Official Site | OPPO Global

OPPO Digital was never anything other than an A/V company. They licensed the OPPO brand name from the Chinese company, but were always a separate entity based in California.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I use dvd-audio extractor but it seems to split the tracks up and put them in the wrong order, maybe it’s just the couple i’ve tried, if I try to do the hi-res stereo it seems okay

In probably 100 DVDA rips or more, that has never happened to me.

 

[Tribby2001]

getting off topic

 

[ar surround]

getting off topic

It's "Mission Creep."