EricV
Active Member
Hi gang, long time no speak...
A couple years ago, I treated myself to a shiny new Pioneer Elite SC67 for my main Tv/HTroom. I thought, I've had great success with Pioneer over the years, let's go for the Elite and really enjoy the additional quality and durability.
Man... talk about disillusioned... I have had one HDMI input after another die out, good thing it came with a bunch of them, I never had it warranty serviced because I didn't want to be without it for months (my local repair center said the HDMI boards were backordered forever) and now, I am starting to experience the dreaded UE22 error, mainly from my CATV DVR HDMI input accompanied by a deafening 60cycle hum that sounds like someone put a crescent wrench across a bus bar in a 220v panel!
I turn it off right away, turn it back on, cycle through a few HDMI inputs and come back to the CATV DVR input, and it works fine, maybe until I power it off and try again tomorrow. Rinse lather & repeat.
So, in preparation of it's impending failure, I started looking online at current HT Receivers... and for fun started cycling through Amazon user reviews, focusing on only those with 4 star rating and higher, but looking at the percentage of those that gave 1 star to the same units and looked to see why.
It seems no single brand is immune to rampant HDMI board failures, making me think it is a common sourced part from the same production line in China somewhere? I dunno... but whatever the case, I was at a quandary what to do.
So, I remembered my old buds here on AK and thought I'd ask here for your collective wisdom, and what you have found/learned, and if you could help me.
Thanks!
EricV
A couple years ago, I treated myself to a shiny new Pioneer Elite SC67 for my main Tv/HTroom. I thought, I've had great success with Pioneer over the years, let's go for the Elite and really enjoy the additional quality and durability.
Man... talk about disillusioned... I have had one HDMI input after another die out, good thing it came with a bunch of them, I never had it warranty serviced because I didn't want to be without it for months (my local repair center said the HDMI boards were backordered forever) and now, I am starting to experience the dreaded UE22 error, mainly from my CATV DVR HDMI input accompanied by a deafening 60cycle hum that sounds like someone put a crescent wrench across a bus bar in a 220v panel!
I turn it off right away, turn it back on, cycle through a few HDMI inputs and come back to the CATV DVR input, and it works fine, maybe until I power it off and try again tomorrow. Rinse lather & repeat.
So, in preparation of it's impending failure, I started looking online at current HT Receivers... and for fun started cycling through Amazon user reviews, focusing on only those with 4 star rating and higher, but looking at the percentage of those that gave 1 star to the same units and looked to see why.
It seems no single brand is immune to rampant HDMI board failures, making me think it is a common sourced part from the same production line in China somewhere? I dunno... but whatever the case, I was at a quandary what to do.
So, I remembered my old buds here on AK and thought I'd ask here for your collective wisdom, and what you have found/learned, and if you could help me.
Thanks!
EricV