I was extremely and unpleasantly surprised to hear in DVD playback mode, audible noise over 10 m of the unit. I have indeed fallen completely sound to judge the sound level of the device, which actually bothers the hearing of music or movies: you can not hear the silences. Believing in a malfunction of the unit, I brought him the day after the receipt from an authorized repairer. After keeping a week and have put in touch with the Samsung headquarters in PARIS, the repairman returned to me, telling me that it was normal noise of the machine. I found it outrageous and unworthy of a hi-fi unit. The fact that this unit is one of only allowing the file transfer is not sufficient to justify such a purchase. Another negative: the quality of the digital tuner much lower than my screen with built-in tuner: a bit annoying when searching the quality of a recording ... I strongly advise against it.
PS: Nothing to say, on the contrary, against Amazon.com. The unit I have been repaid without problems and I bought the same site the HDD recorder LG RHT 498H I am fully satisfied: no noise and no loss of quality compared to my screen tuner.