Having purchased my 8000 with a Sony slotted DVD player found in particular
3 self written DVDs that the noise was diabolical. Also found standard DVDs
far too noisy.

Tried a Samsung tray loader, just as noisy. Read an article about a Panasonic
slotted DVD player that was quoted as quiet, cost around £50-00 with postage
to get from Hong Kong, only slightly quieter.At least was able to get a refund
on Samsung.

As a final try before using an external LG PC BD player writer that I fitted into
a USB case (a lot cheaper that way) purchased an LG tray loader DVD player.
Excellent for £21.00. Though not a BD player plays handles all formats &
apart from a small amount of initial load up sound just has a quiet whirr if
you put your ear close to it. All DVDs l've tried so far have been a constant
quiet noise level including the bad ones. It's not audible without sound at
normal viewing distance. Didn't see why I should put up with noise at the
price of 8000. The LG Blu-Ray I fitted to a small case is also virtually silent.
This also writes in BD as I purchased this for PC backup to RWs & can use on any PC.


Regards catoro.