Just bought a well-regarded Oppo DV-983H for $50 to replace my somewhat ailing Oppo DV-980H. It feels more substantial than the DV980H though. Almost like it has a beefier power supply in it. It has a pretty thick power cable too. I may open it up to have a look.
BTW, just a followup to that post. This is
REALLY embarrassing though! LOL! I can tell you this is a mistake I have NEVER made before, and it was all due to my own laziness/stupidity/forgetfulness, but let me share it with you anyway out of self-deprecation.....
I mentioned about my "ailing" Oppo DV-980H. Well, lately, I had been having problems with the audio output on it. This would only happen sporadically, but every once in a while I'd be listening to a disc, and all of a sudden the audio would just cut out completely for about 4-5 seconds - no sound at all - and then it would come back. I tried using my disc laser lens cleaner several times on it, which has worked well on other units in the past, but no go. I just figured something was going on with it, and it was on its way out.
Anyway, I was unhooking it to install my newly acquired DV-983H, and when I reached around the back to pull out the RCA jacks, the white connector was barely attached, and the red one literally just about
fell into my hand! LOL! So yeah, that pretty much explains my "audio issue" with it. LOL!
The funny (sad?) thing is that I would normally check that, but I just forgot!
I remember the last time I moved the unit I managed to yank the RCA cable a bit and I actually did stop and think to myself,
'Hmmmmm, I wonder if that affected the connection at the back? I should check that.....Nah! I'm sure it's fine. It wasn't yanked THAT hard!' Sure enough, it played fine, and played fine for a good year
at least after that, so I never questioned it. But still, being that the audio was cutting out on it, I
knew to check that first, but I just didn't think of it! lol This has to be the biggest wet-behind-the-ear rookie mistake I have ever made. Even as a
kid I knew to check stuff like that first! WOW! *embarrassed lol
Well, at least I have two Oppo units (a DV-970HD and the DV-980H) as a backup to my newly-acquired DV-983H.