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Samsung NU557400 here (well actually 7405 from Spain). I also have this issue, there is no RCA output and I wanted to connect the TV to stereo monitors (KRK RP6G3) to replace TV speakers and improve stereo sound. I did a test with optical toslink using one of my DACs (Modi Multibit) and the problem with this is that you can't control volume (something you can do in Windows with a Realtek card). So optical is not a solution for me because I want to handle volume with the TV. So then I did a second test, connecting the TV to some Bluetooth headphones. With Bluetooth I can control digital volume from the TV. This would be my workaround. I'm planning on buying some Bluetooth to RCA DAC for this (likely SMSL B1) and use this to replace TV speakers while still able to control volume from TV (I hope this is an smooth experience). I only have 3 remarks 1) I'm not sure if the TV supports Aptx over Bluetooth. The information is very limited, you don't even know the Bluetooth spec. 2) it would be nice to be able to control volume with toslink. You can do this with a PC (using optical as well) and you can do this in the TV when using Bluetooth. 3) it would be nice if the TV had usb DAC support. Very old and cheap android phones have USB DAC support it would be nice to have a 2019 TV with this support as well. Hope it helps! Regards Sebastian

alwat88 · ‎17-02-2019

WJA, Thanks for the reply. I hate that you have had so much trouble with them. It does seem hard to win the lottery with the Q8 which is terrible because it's Samsung. My older Samsung TV has a much cleaner panel as well. You are definitely right about their QA, this should not be an issue with such a company. I am going to give it a try but like you I may have to go with the Sony as well. I'll be missing the freesync but that doesn't matter if the panel looks so bad .Thanks again and good luck!

PatrikF · ‎29-01-2019

The bug seems to be more visible if backlight modulation (HDR) is set to High. I use Medium now. Still see the issue occasionally however. The High mode seems to do strange stuff with the gamma curve towards the dark end. To explain the behaviour with bringing up menus "fixing" the posterisation issue, is it perhaps the case that agressive HDR is turned off when the menus are brought up on screen?

PatrikF · ‎14-12-2018

I have the same issue with a UE55MU7000 that's about a year old. The symptom was initially that recordings were just skipped without warning. Towards the end nothing scheduled ever got recorded. Then, finally, the "Too many reservations" dialogue box came up whenever trying to schedule a recording, despite the Scheduled list being empty. I had to save the channels to a USB drive, retune (Freesat), then restore the channels to get my favourites list back. It's a very obvious bug that Samsung should be able to fix easily. If they won't I'll have to request a replacement model that works properly.

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