Oppo Ceasing production

Oppo successfully nailed down the entry level and bang for the buck categories for many years. 

we probably shouldn't be so surprised, as physical media is in rapid decline; even the market for high-end streaming devices is probably on the wane with the proliferation of smart tvs and very capable, inexpensive streamers. it's sad, though--oppo made a very good high-value product.

geoffkait - Oppo successfully nailed down the entry level and bang for the buck categories for many years.

And that's because their products and customer service perform better than entry level.

The decline of physical media didn't happen suddenly last week.  That has been brewing for years.  Oppo developed and launched the 203/205 generation as a significant improvement on the already good 103/105 generation recently.  Pulling the plug now rather than 2 years ago is just strange.  I don't think we know the whole story yet.  

Of equal or greater concern to the high-end is the imminent bankruptcy of Gibson.  That could force it to shed or fold its audio brands TEAC, Onkyo, and Esoteric.