Yeah, it's just depressing. I've heard of "software as service", but "hardware as service" just doesn't seem right. I'm not really purchasing electronics to own them -- I'm just renting them until they invariably break within five years and require a repair that nobody will do because the broken component somehow costs more than the product itself cost when it came out.

Further Googling led me to people who were quoted $450 from Onkyo for this repair (assuming it's the HDMI board.) Another guy said he'd personally seen hundreds of Onkyo receivers suffering from the same problem.

Maybe Onkyo has just become a shit brand like all of the rest, and I ought to just suck it up and invest in something high-end that will last. Or maybe they're all shit at this point.