gofar99 Messages: 1940 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, I suspect there is some way to get the player to not turn on the TV, but it still sidesteps the issue that it is probably not up to current levels of performance. I have two players. The main one in my audio system is an OPPO 83SE. (the SE part is key) This is a blue ray one and the factory upgraded the audio. It is excellent at both audio and video. There are a few other high end variations of the player, but generally avoid the standard version. The newest model (this one is 2 years old) is supposed to be even better. They run just under $1K. My back up is a Marantz CD5001. It only does CDs. Quite nice as well and the newer models I understand do play some of the other CD based media. You should be able to get the newer ones for under $400.
I am sure other folk will have some thoughts on this as well.