In this respect, the short answer for those of us who value good audio performance is: YES! If previous experience holds, the cost difference is very much worth it – even more so than with the previous pairings. So, comparisons here will not be between the UDP-203 and 205, but between earlier "5's" and the new one. The following does not address this question directly, but inferentially, since many potential buyers have an earlier audiophile OPPO BDP model and have waited until now to consider an upgrade. (I rather like OPPO's curious, but consistent nomenclature.) As with the 93/95 and the 103/105, we must ask if the extra $750 is worth the specified improvements in the audio section, since the video performance for the 203 and 205 is the same. So now we have the UDP-205, the "audiophile" version of the UDP-203 that was introduced to acclaim late last year. All the same, I skipped the 105 since I understood the audio section was not significantly upgraded. My one issue of concern that the OPPO BDP-95 (reviewed here) did not address that the next generation BDP-105 did was audio/video lip sync, which was so far off in some instances that it made watching a frustrating experience. What may have been missing from what I saw at home whetted not my appetite. Looking at LED displays of "live" and digital file content a year later didn't argue for its adoption any better – not by me, anyway – nor did reports of improved color space. So satisfied have I been with my OPPO BDP-95 that, when news and early viewings of what was called "4K" came along a few years ago, I was not among the infected.
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