Actually, as of Tuesday, yes it is the official current firmware.

Does that mean that I have to change the region setting every time I play a DVD from different region?
Have you tried 601 hack on your Oppo BDP-83

Henry

I'd be careful posing f/w hack questions on that thread:

You can find the answers to your questions here. The hack, as I understand it, changes the DVD region to 0, so you would not have to enter the region every time. However, the Blu-ray region has to be set to one region or another and then manually changed.

I just got my player hooked up late last night, so I have not installed the hack myself yet.

I missed what readme file said. I guess I was in a hurry last night. I will try it again tonight. Thanks for finding the thread!!

Henry

Actually, several posters will openly discuss the hack and help you with it, but will do it through private e-mails.

From the Read Me File:

The beta 601 hack works fine with the 601 firmware. When I applied it myself, I also thought it didn't work correctly. The trick, I learned, was that you need to input one of 4 digit codes for the Region Hack (A FIRST TIME) to make the player become code free for DVDs ALL THE TIME. In other words, just applying the hack will NOT make the player region free for your DVDs. You need to input a code, (even if it's the Region A code which you'll probably use the most) to trigger the hack. If you don't trigger the hack the first time, then you're not code free yet.

And, yes, you'll need to switch back and forth between the codes for the different Blu-ray zones to work correctly, but after that first code input you're good to go for any DVDs from any region.

Let me know if you need any more help. I've got all the firmware updates and hacks stored on my computer.

Does anybody had tried the 601 hack on the current firmware 620 or 722 yet? I was trying ot get the 601 from Oppo but it is no longer available, bu any chance anybody have it saved, I do not want to take chances unless someone had tried it with hte new firmware versions....

It seems that everybody in enjoying it too much that thye do not even have time to post here, or even check and answer the PMs...well that is a good symptom at least....

Sorry. I never even noticed that I received a private message from you. (I log into DVDTalk everyday, but unlike other sites a screen doesn't pop up to them me I have private messages.)

I have the 601 firmware. PM your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.

I haven't tried the 601 hack over the latest 620 firmware or 722 beta because everything is working fine as it is with the older firmware. When I have more time on my hands (sorry, but I'll really pressed for time lately), I'll do some experimenting and tell you what I find out.

Thanks for the offer I will PM you....
I received it today, it had factory installed the 620, so I downgraded to the 601, and applied the patch, works till now, at least with DVD, not sure about BD as I ahve only the setup disc, will get a few during the weekend...

Franchot, you have another PM!

Any news about any experiment with new firmawares and the 601 hack???

By the way, anyone who needs to revert to the 601 firmware in order to apply the hack, you can find the 601 firmware archived on Oppo's Web site here.

Any news about hacking with newer versions of the firmware? They released a couple of days ago a new version....

hey guys no news of new versions of firmware with the hackings...

Expecting my BDP-83 today.
Been anxious all day. Ready for it to get here............

ordered mine today ..should take delivery in a couple days..after hemming and hawing on some lower end ones i decided to splurge on myself for once

Yeah just ordered one myself. been using an Oppo for DVD as a separate machine and a BD30 for Blu-ray. Going to consolidate and just use the BDP-83 for everything (except HD DVD of course - still have the XA2).

Was going to get the Momitsu for $250, but then I'd be spending that amount for a player I'd only be using for region B stuff. So for another $250 I get what is certainly a better player than both by current oppo DVD and my BD30, and I can use it for region B when needed.

hooked mine up yesterday..nice piece of equipment and plays everything ive thrown at it (hardware modded for region free)

Same here. Hooked it up, applied the 0601 mod FW and changed it to Region B. Could play a couple discs no problem, and confirmed I couldn't play region A. FLipped it back to A and everything was good.

Just a nice player all around. Great video quality, fast loads, nice menu. Wish I would have bought it sooner.

Hello, I am using the Oppo BDP83SE together with the Onkyo 605 AV Amp. i would like to know how I can get the best out of this player in terms of audio/ video playback when connected to the Onkyo. In short, I would like the Oppo to handle all the audio and video processing when I am playing music CDs, SACDs, DVD-As, DVDs and Blu Ray discs.

for SACDs, DVD-As, DVDs and Blu Ray discs, i am using the HDMI connection.

for music CDs, I am using the stereo analog output from the Oppo to the Onkyo.

are there any settings i should be aware of on the Oppo or the Onkyo to ensure I am letting the Oppo do all the audio and video processing?

any help/ advice that you can give will be most appreciated

If memory serves, the whole point of the SE model was a super high quality analog audio section. Therefore you want to hook up to your receiver via analog (if it has analog ins) wherever possible. You already have that for CD, but you should also hook up the 7.1 analogs if your receiver has inputs. If not, you are really only getting the "SE" advantage on CDs (unless there's more to the SE than that).

If you do not have 7.1 analog inputs, then you are probably hooked up as good as you can get with the HDMI. If you want the Oppo to do all the decoding, make sure you do not set it to bitstream. Bitstream means the receiver would decode.