Apple TV turns Pink via HDMI?

Hey all, I just installed AppleTV for in a client's home theatre. He's using a Denon AVR-3808ci which has a plethora of HD sources going into it and everything works well. Last week I installed AppleTV via HDMI and after about an hour of usage, the main menu screen turned pink? We changed sources on his amp, then flipped back to AppleTV and it was gone, until 10 minutes later, he went to youtube, then came back to the main screen and it was pink again.
I swapped out the HDMI cable, which is a high quality 1.3 rated cable by the way, and it went away but came back again when he changed sources on the amp? Has anyone experienced this? I searched the forum for similar issues and saw one "green screen of death" thread so I was curious is anyone else experiencing this HDMI video sync issue? Thanks for reading.

Mine is a bit more conditional than yours but I have seen this happen.
I have a Vizio 60" Plasma Which I connect a variety of sources to. Problem with it is, the remote does not have discrete selection to the 4 HMDI ports. You can only select them with the HDMI button and scroll until you get to the correct port. I use a Harmony Universal Remote and this just was not working for me.
Anyway, to solve this I purchased an HDMI 5 port switch. I have an Xbox 360, PS3, Upscaling DVD Player, HD Cable Tuner, and the Apple TV connected to it.
It is not uncommon, and almost near consistent that when I switch to the ATV from another source, the first few seconds will show a pink screen. It will then clear and be fine for the rest of the time.
I had this same issue when I had a Media Center PC outputting a DVI signal converted to HDMI. This was consistently happening and I finally disconnected it because of this.
My advice would be to first try directly connecting the ATV to the tv/monitor and seeing if you get the same problem. If not, you can almost be sure the problem is with the Denon receiver and not with the ATV. In my experience with HDMI, problems like these are almost always a product of the switch.
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