I bought this player, where I was skeptical (the article has so far "only" 3 stars)
but was pleasantly surprised.
The image and sound are great (tested on Avatar and HDR), and I can find no loud noises. What has me also still happy that I had not update the device to look at Avatar. An update is there and I'm going, I still play a CD, but would also via USB
I must say that I am not the technology specialist who needs 100 and 1 settings. The device should show in BD super picture and sound and he does. So from me 5 stars!