Thank you. The answer is Yes, Yes, Yes. I beleive though I found a solution (google in couple of hours) - it was to take the audio through the optical output - in addition to the HDMI cable. Luckily I had computer speakers like that at home. So now the chopping occurs only on very HD clips e.g...
Just got a new Samsung smart bluray player. After having installed everything by the book it loos nice - the smart hub is there, with a web browser. The player gets input ftom a cable tv coming in house in through 100 mb/s optical fiber internet which in the house continues through modem/router...