Top image but not (yet?) Not perfect!

We have the SL 60 is now 2 months in operation on a 42Zoll Samsung plasma. Connection via HDMI and commissioning were a matter of 10 minutes. SW update should be uploaded (via USB a 3-4 minutes by menu), because my unit had problems with the display of HD programs in the delivery. (Has not hung up when switching, but the presentation jerky) Optical output is working properly. However, 5.1 sound must be set manually for each transmitter via audio button or menu. (And then again, since automatic function inactive) upscaling of SD broadcasts brings a visible improvement higher than previous digital satellite! As you notice, the A / D conversion losses. Is especially true for stations with lower data rates, not so much at ARD / ZDF. The picture is extremely strong contrast and detail. Colors are represented at the transitions vigorously and without blurring. Attention: If my device the HDMI output was not recommended in the manual setting! This had wrong color representation result and almost gave to return this equipment! For all other points no instruction manual was necessary for me, because the menus clean, structured and self-explanatory!
The display of HD programs is outstanding! Although this is of course dependent on the quality of the program material! Differences between hochscalierten and already recorded in HD content are visible. What is there possible to show the promo shots of ARD / ZDF HD clear! Switching speed very well even with HD channels! Signal strength of the receiver is good and keeps the transmitter for example in bad weather longer than my other digital receiver. Station order easily changeable.
USB on the back, ideal for a hard disk! Recording and Recording Manager for shipments quickly and easily using EPG. Recording funktionier perfectly (WD 1TB hard drive tested, 3.5-inch, external power supply) The quality is indistinguishable from the original. When recording function, there are still weaknesses! During recording, you can program further recording. Well, not so wild! Evil is there already, that while a scheduled recording is still in progress, it can not already see from the very beginning. In my view, one reason for the devaluation, because it is in our hard disk recorder of the main application! Time Shift means pause button exists but! Despite EPG program the title of the recording will not be displayed! Poor! I hope these things will be corrected even by SW updates, otherwise the PVR function is not satisfactory!
Multimedia Photos and tested mpeg2 video clips work very well! HD MPEG 4 AVI video (H.264) can not be the SL60 (yet?).
The next weakness is the EPG reception! EPG appears times, sometimes not, after switching off / it is there. Rarely more than two incoming shipments, rarer still for several days in advance! Certainly a case for SW updates!

Conclusion: Considering the vast amounts described in forums problems of expensive brand equipment a worthwhile purchase. There are of me a star bonus! Price-Performance! Super picture but so far not a substitute for a hard disk recorder which you use frequently.

Note! We consciously decided against a device with CI slot, since we reject the plans of private broadcasters to chargeable HD! The times are bravely march into the future without the consumers to reach into his pocket! Just to pay the notion for programs like the Kochduell money is to me a horror!
Many Greetings!
MK