HDMI and ATV Venting

I just want to vent.
Last night we rented a movie, the movie started and just got a white screen. Turned off receiver and back on still white screen. Rebooting ATV DID resolve the problem.
I just want to say I am getting tired of continually rebooting my ATV. I have to do this quite often now that I am just going HDMI through my receiver (which is a decent quality Denon). I mostly have issues where there is no sound and the only solution is rebooting ATV. Now this white screen last night. Ugh. Just work!
I don't have any more Toslink inputs on my receiver otherwise I would use that setup as I did on my older receiver which didn't have any HDMI. I am using a decent HDMI cable to boot plus just recently reset my ATV and reloaded all updates hoping that would fix the problem.
I really hope Apple is coming out with something new...especially now that Hulu offers Hulu Plus...maybe there is still hope. Only need Pandora now...please migrate ATV to IOS.
By the way, I have had my ATV since software version 1 and Yes I have posted my frustrations through the Feedback section of Apple.com.
Thanks for listening.

Alley_Cat wrote:
As you know HDMI implementation seems to be a bit peculair on AppleTV in some setups.......
Seems to be peculiar between many devices.

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