Hi, i just joined Lowyat.net and this is my first post.

I bought Samsung C5500 at Onking Bandar Puteri Puchong 2 days ago after failing twice to get in it HLK Puchong. According to the salesman at HLK Puchong, no stock thoroughout HLK branches and there's only 1 display unit selling at RM 399 at Taipan. According to him, there'll also be no more stock intake cos this model is discontinued. So, after getting tired of shopping around for the player, i bought it RM 460 at Onking.

I also managed to hack it into a Region free player using the method used by other members here. I think the open and close tray step can be skipped.

Now, here's my problem. I hope all the sifus here can help me out.

1. When i play Blu Ray and mkv/avi. files (from external HDD), sometimes there's a "pop" sound and the screen blink a bit in white..then ok balik. then not too long later "pop" again. Playing dvd doesn't have this problem. Any recommendation how to fix this?

2. Also my player doesn't comes with an HDMI cable. Is it normal? I bought a 80 bucks HDMI cable from the shop.

Thanks guy for the respond. The "pop" sound and image distortion is a bit annoying although not very frequent.

About the HDMI cable. The box is sealed but i asked the salesman to test my unit and do the necessary setting so that i can just plug and play at home. He also opened a later model to borrow the HDMI cable and battery for remote control. My box only contain the player, remote control (no battery), user guide, warranty card...i think that's all. No cable at all. I asked the salesman why no HDMI cable, he said this model doesn't come with HDMI cable but the later (more expensive model) got. I'm sure it's not the test unit cos he demonstrated the player to me using the test unit and it's quite old already.

Andrewtst - I respect your bluray collection. glad to know there's an art film kaki here. Days of Heaven (Criterion Collection) is a must buy!