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Oppo streaming capabilities

Hi everybody,

I'm in the market for a bluray player and I'm thinking about an Oppo. I also have a Squeezebox and a Sony media streamer for Netflix, etc. I discovered that the Sony streamer can see the Logitech Media Server software and I'm wondering if the latest Oppos can stream music content from a home network using UPnP streaming software such as LMS. It would be nice to reduce the box/remote count if the Oppo can stream my music content over the network.

As a related aside, does anyone know the differences in network capability between the BDP-93/95 and the BDP-103/105?

Thanks

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hgeifman
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If I upgrade to Pandora One ($36 per year) will my Oppo 105 Blu-Ray player stream music at 192k as provided by Pandora One (service upgrade option)? It makes no sense to upgrade to Pandora One if the Oppo 105 will not handle 192k streaming.
hgeifman
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Pandora reports that 192k streaming is not available on Blu-Ray players like the OPPO 105. From Pandora, the specs regarding audio quality on Pandora are:

Free Pandora is 64k AAC+ on the web.

Pandora One subscribers get the option of 192k MP3 on the Web and when using the AIR Desktop App.

Most Home-listening devices get 128k MP3 – whether the account is free or paid.

Cell phones get anywhere from 24k to 64k in mono or stereo, depending on the phone, carrier, connection type, and in some cases the user setting.

"The primary benefit of upgrading to Pandora One is no commercials. As of now, most in-home devices, including the OPPO 105, stream audio at 128 kbps whether or not your account is upgraded or not. The primary feature of upgrading your account is to remove all ads from your playlists".
hgeifman
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My Oppo 105 will NOT stream music at 192k as provided by Pandora One (service upgrade option). It makes no sense to upgrade to Pandora One since Blu-Ray players (like the Oppo 105) do not support the 192 bit-rate. Pandora One subscribers get the option of 192k MP3 on the Web and when using the AIR Desktop App. I have requested that Pandora One support 192k on the various in-home devices and Blu-Ray players like the Oppo 105. If you are interested in this 192k capability, please send Pandora an email.

The OPPO 105 only provides Pandora and Rhapsody musical stations. Oppo Digital reports that it is possible that some future new hardware platform may support additional additional stations but they have no information on what or when this could happen.

Oppo Digital reports the sequencing of the albums on the Oppo 105 is a part of the Pandora application and is out of their control. He agreed to enter a product enhancement request and/or discuss this with Pandora to get the albums displayed in alpha sequence. If you are interested in Pandora alpha album sequencing on the display, please send Oppo Digital an email and make the same request.
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