Agreed - and the quick turnaround times are usually really quick - like 2-3 days. That means that even with cross-country UPS or Fedex shipping, your total time without the machine is comparable or even shorter than with a closer-by, third-party service shop.
Not audio related, but guess what device Oppo is launching now. "At OPPO’s INNO DAY conference, it revealed its grand vision for growing its business beyond smartphones and, as expected, 5G was one of the core focus of its expansion. This was also unsurprisingly tied to the technologies it enabled and improved, like augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and IoT. What was completely unexpected, however, was that OPPO had been silently working on its own AR glasses for that very purpose. We were able to spend some time with the device to try it out get an early peek at OPPO’s vision of its future." Never would have predicted that the manufacturer of my disc players I've been using for the past 10 years would stop making that and start making AR glasses. OPPO AR Glasses Hands-on: OPPO’s future vision
No, it isn’t. I know this personally, as a fact, having worked with Oppo Digital. All the Oppo Digital employees have been laid off. It was pretty sad when it happened and I am still in touch with some of them. The tech support business was outsourced to a specialist firm. This VR goggle project has nothing to do with Oppo Digital but rather has to do with the Oppo mobile phone company.
Different subdivision. Different outfit entirely. Like saying Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays are the same thing.
Pretty close. I think the best analogy is KraftHeinz and Dairy Queen. Both subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway. Both produce food. Neither are the same company.
It's not a VR project. It's an AR device. VR hides views of your environment and lets you see only virtual content. AR augments views of your environment to provide digital or virtual augmentation of what you see. As for the company, I've been in touch as well and in fact dropped off my UDP-205 at Oppo's Menlo Park office. They replaced the optical unit. So in fact Oppo still rents the office space, and I talked with one customer support representative and had my unit fixed by at least one other employee. So no, not all of them have been laid off and there is still a skeleton staff to support existing customers. Tech companies normally have many subsidiaries, divisions and acquisitions that can operate under the parent company's name or some other name, similar or different. They're the same company. We've been over it in the thread. The parent company even uses the same OPPO logo as the disc player division. A company can make more than one type of device, believe it or not. Neither am I.
Everyone at Menlo Park has been laid off. Everyone I dealt with on a daily basis are gone. Contractors have taken over the customer support operation, which is the only thing Oppo Digital does now. I’m not sure how many times I have to repeat this, so I’ll leave it at this: Oppo Digital and Oppo Electronics are different companies. It is getting tiresome combatting misinformation, so this is my last word on the subject. Any posts to the contrary are just wrong.
You never had to say it in the first place because what you're saying is not true. Don't take my word for it. Maybe another source can help you. Here. Learn something. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd, commonly referred to as OPPO, is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong, in China, and known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices. A leading manufacturer of smartphones, OPPO was the top smartphone brand in China in 2019 and was ranked No. 5 worldwide. It is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics. The brand name OPPO was registered in China in 2001 and launched in 2004. Since then, they have expanded to all parts of the world. In June 2016, OPPO became the biggest smartphone manufacturer in China. Oppo - Wikipedia
Can we please not fill this thread with another run of who Oppo is and who Oppo isn't. I know Oppo Digital is out of business and will not be producing anymore players. But this thread is still relevant to Oppo player owners. To revisit the same is or isn't debate is old news. If one or more members feel the need to carry on the debate please start another thread or communicate via PM. Thanks !
@GregM this thread is about Oppo Digital, which is no longer an active business. Oppo Digital used to make optical disc players and a few other audio electronics products. The information you shared, that kicked off this latest tiresome round of "Is It or Is It Not The Same Business?" banter, is for a new product that is -- as far as I can tell -- NOT produced specifically by a resurrected Oppo Digital, and is NOT primarily an audio electronics product. (Though I suppose augmented reality devices might have audio-related features?) At this point, it seems that 213 pages of this thread have been able to overwhelmingly define the scope of this thread's topic to optical disc players and a few other audio electronics products that used to be made by Oppo Digital, a business that ceased active product development and manufacturing over a year ago. And the participants in the 213 pages of this thread (with rare, notable exceptions like you) have demonstrated that we agree the scope of this thread's topic is limited to optical disc players and a few other audio electronics products that used to be made by Oppo Digital. PLEASE PLEASE cease posting information not related to specifically Oppo Digital or the products they used to develop and manufacture, in THIS thread. Especially non-"Audio Hardware" products. In case you didn't think about this as an option: You are very welcome to create a new thread for all Oppo-related information except for, or in addition to, the now-defunct Oppo Digital business, in a separate thread. I recommend you create that new OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. thread in "Visual Arts" or "Off Topic," because "AR" in this case means "augmented reality," not "Audio Research." Thank you, Craig.
I disagree. When discussing Oppo's decision to shut down the disc machine business, it's relevant to understand where it is putting its resources instead because it indicates where the industry is headed and what other disc player manufacturers could be considering.
It's not relevant. The Oppo that you I've a a universal player manufacturer is no more. The Oppo that makes phones is a different corporate animal.
Some people don't get subsidiary companies are part of the same global organisation. Oppo phones and Oppo digital were run separately but both part of BBK. It's maybe semantics as they are both separate companies and part of the same all at once.
I was just as surprised at everyone else that we went through this again after what I thought was an innocuous post about what Oppo is launching now. Even factoring in disagreements about the semantic debate over what constitutes "the same company," the fact that those who control the purse strings are not launching any more disc players but launching an AR glasses device is actually interesting.
It's the same company, division of BBK Incorrect. BBzK is a Chinese conglomerate that owns several cell phone companies including Oppo. Semantics. It is the same company. Here is Wikipedia: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd, commonly referred to as OPPO, is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong, in China, and known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices. A leading manufacturer of smartphones,[1] OPPO was the top smartphone brand in China in 2019 and was ranked No. 5 worldwide.[2]It is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics. It is a part of BBK Electronics Corporation along with Vivo, Realme and OnePlus. Of course in a streaming world smart phones make more sense. I am typing this on an Oppo A5s which does flac and has two sim card slots plus a micro SD slot. It was only $135...got it in the Philippines.
