Oppo dilemma

Bill13

Bill13

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My theater room could use a new blue ray player and I thought the Oppo would be a good idea. There may be an issue. My receiver which is only about 5 years old (armcam 350) was developed with the philosophy that HDMI would never rule. It has only one hdmi pass through. I could just ditch it and get a new receiver but it works flawlessly and if I did change the receiver I would have to change programming of everything. (works with crestron). If I am correct the oppo 103/105 looses the component video and I would have to consider the 93/95 if I wanted to use it with the Arcam. Considering the older models seems like such a back step. I guess I should just bite the bullet and get a new receiver, new oppo, and have the programmer link everything to my crestron controller. Thoughts?
 
Bill,

I hope I can add to your choices and bring up one more point. If you are not conneting the video ofr sound to your reciever, you can connect the Oppo, if possible, directly to your TV if you have the HDMI inputs there. Then you can connect the Oppos digital out to the reciever.

However, the highest levels of audio are NOT used in the digital outs, only through the HDMI. Sadly, and I appreciate the expense and the effort, but done the road and probably very soon you may have to change the reciever. I already have 4 DMI inputs.

I a/b ed in several cases the componet with the HDMI. Half the time it made no difference, but in my cable and TV Tuner connections it was greatly improved with the HDMI.
 
You don't need to change your receiver.

1. From an Oppo 105 ($900 I saw some for sale, or $999 from Oppo's own refurbs), or an Oppo 103 ($399 second-hand some places); simply connect one of the two HDMI outputs directly to your display (one of its HDMI inputs).

2. Connect the other HDMI output (from the Oppo) to one of your Arcam AVR350 receiver's HDMI inputs.

3. In the Audio Format Setup of the Oppo, set the HDMI Audio out to LPCM.
* So the Oppo would do the High Res audio decoding internally, and send it to your Arcam receiver in all its full glory as uncompressed multichannel PCM audio.

- You're good to go Bill, all the way to heaven! :)

P.S. Another option for the audio, is to use the multichannel audio out from the Oppo,
with its own internal bass management.

P.P.S. And when comes the time for you to have some 'important' additional questions regarding the settings (Audio & Video) from the Oppo Blu-ray player; I'm right here! :)
 
Guess I misunderstood the question. I thought he was trying to get multi-inputs to the receiver which only has one...sorry !
 
NorthStar said:
I just re-calibrated my high def plasma panel last night. ...Gotta see all those high def Blu movies in their appropriate glory. :)
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Too bad Victoria to Sarasota is such a long trip. I would have you calibrate my projector. I remember when Carlos was here (Nelson's partner), he adjusted everything to perfection. My eyes are so bad (and getting worse), I just can't tell the difference between calibrated and not calibrated. At least my ears are still good. :)
 
But I'm not a pro Mike; I simply use few Blu-ray discs and adjust to my own eyes. ...No pro tools and all that expensive jazz.
- Contrast & Brightness are the two most important ones, then color saturation and hue. ...Sharpness (usually at zero setting).
Most of all the auto stuff and video EQs (Dynamic this & that); all set to zero, or Off.

Still though, took me close to two hours; you have to keep going back and forth between contrast and brightness for your preferred own balance. ...And you have to calibrate in the exact same lighting condition as when you watch your movies normally. ...For me it means total darkness. Never, and I mean never do I watch anything at all on my plasma display till at least ten o'clock at night, and usually later than that.

No TV ever for me (no cable, no satellite at my 'mansion'). ...For news and documentaries, I got Blu-rays for that! ;):D ...Or my new Samsung PC monitor (27") given to me by a heck of a nice guy! ...From Florida, USA. :)

P.S. Ivan, how far does he live from you? ;)
 
NorthStar said:
But I'm not a pro Mike; I simply use few Blu-ray discs and adjust to my own eyes. ...No pro tools and all that expensive jazz.
- Contrast & Brightness are the two most important ones, then color saturation and hue. ...Sharpness (usually at zero setting).
Most of all the auto stuff and video EQs (Dynamic this & that); all set to zero, or Off.

Still though, took me close to two hours; you have to keep going back and forth between contrast and brightness for your preferred own balance. ...And you have to calibrate in the exact same lighting condition as when you watch your movies normally. ...For me it means total darkness. Never, and I mean never do I watch anything at all on my plasma display till at least ten o'clock at night, and usually later than that.

No TV ever for me (no cable, no satellite at my 'mansion'). ...For news and documentaries, I got Blu-rays for that! ;):D ...Or my new Samsung PC monitor (27") given to me by a heck of a nice guy! ...From Florida, USA. :)

P.S. Ivan, how far does he live from you? ;)
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You definitely have a knack with video. No denying that!
 
If I keep the arcam350 which has hdmi "pass through" and I have 3 sources (xbox, ? oppo, cable tv) and I connect the oppo directly to the projector, how would I switch sources? Perhaps that idea and Robs?
 
NorthStar said:
I just re-calibrated my high def plasma panel last night.
...Gotta see all those high def Blu movies in their appropriate glory. :)

* I hate dead pixels! ...Got one of them, a flashing green one! :whoa: :cantstoplooking: :bonkers:
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THAT SUCKS !!! Would drive me crazy....I have had service on my 65" Panasonic Viera twice. 2 years old. First time was a buzzing like a transformer sound. Known issue. They completely dismantle the TV to tighten 1 screw...crazy. Second was the mother board. Thank god for 6 year warranties...LOL

LOVE MY PLASMA...:-)
 
Bill13 said:
If I keep the arcam350 which has hdmi "pass through" and I have 3 sources (xbox, ? oppo, cable tv) and I connect the oppo directly to the projector, how would I switch sources? Perhaps that idea and Robs?
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That's kinda what I thought...It seems (correct me if I am wrong) you want to run multiple inputs to your receiver in HDMI however; it only has one HDMI input so you cant have a selectable source at the receiver. So, with the 5 to 1 box, you are selectable and the receiver just maintains a single setting -HDMI Input. Yes?
 
Bill13 said:
If I keep the arcam350 which has hdmi "pass through" and I have 3 sources (xbox, ? oppo, cable tv) and I connect the oppo directly to the projector, how would I switch sources? Perhaps that idea and Robs?
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Your front projector, does it have two HDMI inputs?

If it does, from a universal remote control, simply program it (for viewing from your Oppo BD player) to switch your front projector to HDMI 2 In, and your Arcam receiver to the HDMI input where your Oppo player is connected (its second HDMI Out); for the high res sound. Voila!

And/or like I said before, for audio, you also have the option of using the multichannel analog Out of your Oppo.
- That way you can have bass management; if your Arcam doesn't provide it.

And remember this too; the Oppo 105 and 103 have, in addition to two HDMI Outs, also two HDMI inputs!
...To take advantage of its excellent video chip for two more sources.
- It's like adding two more HDMI inputs to your Arcam receiver.
 
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