When I click it it just says "register for potential availability" and I already have.
Maybe they didn't build enough to even cover all the interested parties and I registered too late? That'd make me sad.
No, you are probably fine. Each purchase link Oppo emails to each customer is customized to the customer's email address. That's how they are enforcing the 1-per-customer limit. So you can't use someone else's link.
The reason I still think you are fine, however, is that it appears that everyone who signed up with Oppo from April (when Oppo first created the sign-up web page) up through May 9, got their confirmation email from Oppo on May 9. So while lots of people got confirmation of sign-up emails all on the same date, those people actually signed up on a variety of very different dates, some of them weeks earlier than others. In other words, just because two people both got confirmation emails on May 9, doesn't mean both of those people
signed up on the same date - and so one of them could be ahead of the other one (perhaps far ahead) in the queue.
But Oppo has subsequently said they are doing three production runs, with the final one being the largest. So... if you have not yet gotten your email from Oppo with your unique, custom web link to purchase a 205, and you signed up with Oppo on or before May 9, it's probably because you signed up after most or all of the people who are getting their purchase links now. You might still get one in the next few days, but if you don't, then you will probably receive one in July or August, when the 2nd or 3rd production run becomes available.
Even if you signed up after May 9, it appears likely you'll eventually get a purchase email from Oppo - since they're doing 3 production runs, and since the 3rd run will be the largest, it seems logical that they placed one or two additional orders, one of them a big one, when they saw how many people were signing up. That means it's likely that there will be one for everyone who signed up prior to the initial shipments beginning this past week.
Perhaps it's time to enter the current world of file based playback with all of its advantages. I've already made that transition.
Are you kidding? All Oppos use mediocre op amp analog outputs. My 103 uses 5532s. The 205 uses LM4562s. Far better exists.
It is true that if you don't need to spin discs, then the Oppo units are much less relevant and compelling. The main problem posed by the departure of Oppo from the market (and by Cambridge, Sony, and everyone else removing the DACs and analogue outputs from virtually all of their universal disc players), is getting native/full-resolution playback of SACDs, DVD-As, and Blu-Ray discs using a two-part system of a disc player and separate outboard DAC. That's very difficult without these universal disc players with built-in DACs and full analogue outputs. And if you are not content with the sound quality produced by most AV receivers, it's also a very expensive proposition.
As for the sound quality of the Oppos, yes absolutely - one certainly can do better. But if one needs the disc-spinning capability, then it's debatable whether or not one can do better for the money. I am pretty confident that E-Stat will respond that it's easy to do better than the Oppos even for the same money, but I've zero interest in getting into that argument - I can already tell by the tone and certainty of E-Stat's comments so far that there's a level of heat behind his view that makes it an argument not worth having. I will only say that op-amps are indeed a frequent source of audio degradation; and that like anything else, op-amps also aren't the be-all, end-all of a unit's sound - it's all about the overall implementation, the trade-offs made, and so on.