This is indeed very sad news and for me a huge shock!
I own three of their players
bdp83...owned 6 years
bdp 93....owned 3 years
bdp105...owned 1 year
not one of them have been touched at all and all still give faultless service
maybe that's part of the problem? stuff that does not break or wear out and gives perfect service does not tend to be replaced or upgraded as often.
Sad but maybe they were built too well? At least in todays throw away, flavour of the week society.
But whatever if somebody like Oppo cannot make it work the $ numbers any longer could anybody else who take over the operation?