


But despite the technical challenges involved, a Blu-ray/universal player is precisely what Oppo Digital set out to create in its new BDP-83. What’s needed, of course, is a combination Blu-ray/universal player, but building one is something easier said than done-in part because the technical requirements of the various disc types vary considerably. Home theater enthusiasts have long dreamed of owning disc players that could handle virtually every type of material one might want to play-movies in either DVD or Blu-ray format, CDs, and even specialty audio discs in formats such as SACD, DVD-Audio and HDCD.
