Interrupted playback of content

I have a problem with playing content from my apple tv (tv programs purchased and rented movies, you tube etc) every few minutes there are 3-4 blank screen flashes with interrupted sound. I have updated software, factory restored the Apple tv to the point that I'm really fed up.
This problem started recently and I'm trying to track whether this is a result of a hardware failure (the unit is 9 months old) or a software issue (I'm running 3.0.2)

moscowpops wrote:
the content is sync'd to the apple tv which is connected to a samsung tv via component connection.
I didn't have this problem until recently
as advised, try another cable (preferably HDMI to rule out component input issues).

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