Digital Home Thoughts: Lexicon BD-30 = Oppo BDP-83

"It's an Oppo BDP-83. Normally we'd launch into a statement like this with more tact. We may, for example, wax eloquent about the Lexicon BD-30's beautiful chassis or it's billet aluminum front face. We could tell you about the heft of the unit, or the fact that comes double boxed with enough padding to warrant throwing it off the FedEx or UPS truck while it's still moving. While all of that is true, the Lexicon BD-30 is still an Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player. And what's more, it's not just using the same parts - they actually stuck the player inside - chassis and all. This would be OK, were it not for the $3000 premium over the Oppo and THX certification."

Part of me thinks that if you are willing to drop over $3,000 on a Blu-ray player, you deserve to get duped. But lots of other companies re-badge lower priced products as other products (like Toyota/Lexus for example), but in most cases those are not 100% duplicates. I wonder if this is happening with Oppo's knowledge or if Lexicon is buying these through the retail channel.