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13:48 - No one will ever find out. It's not like there's some kind of global communications network where obsessive nerds write about every detail of what we do or something
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/transports/high-definition-dvd-players-hd-dvd-blu
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Wow, it's the Noka Chocolate of Blu-Ray players:
What a load of hogwash. When we received the player the first thing we did was open it up to get a look at the inside. Imagine my surprise when I found that not only did the Lexicon share the same boards and transport as the Oppo - it was in fact AN OPPO BDP-83 PLAYER, CHASSIS AND ALL, SHOVED INSIDE AN ALUMINUM LEXICON WRAPPER. As far as we could determine, Lexicon didn't change a single thing in terms of the hardware. Heck, they didn't even lift the boards out of the chassis, opting instead to cut out the bottom of their own chassis to accommodate the venting locations, and putting a darker blue filter over the Oppo's VFD display to give it a slightly deeper hue.
They took an off-the-shelf Blu-Ray player, took the shell off, put on their own shell, and jacked up the price by $3000. And Lexicon is reportedly a respected, high-end manufacturer, not some fly-by-night. Awesome.
Via Mark.
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Brian Tiemann
