My story of HDCP-troubles ATV3, still unsolved!

I had my ATV3 working just fine, streaming national TV directly from my Ipad with airplay, and even streaming movies from my Imac, with the app Air Video that let me start & stop everything with my Ipad. I was lucky and finally I found a topclass solution, and I don't need to burn dvd:s anymore. I reached my goal. Yippie!
Without changing my setup at all, suddenly after 5 month it just stopped working, and probably I get to see the first 3-6 seconds of the movie, then it freeze. Trying to play again, and the error-messege "The contain need to be supported by HDCP" appear on the screen. (My TV support HDCP)
Hello!?!?! It worked just fine for 5 months as it was. I really tried everything to solve the problem. Expensive highspeed cables, changning the inputs, updated my router, tv and everything else. Reset the system a thousand times. But NO! Just the 3-6 seconds of streaming and then it stops, telling me about the HDCP, that my supports. It wont work even with my ATV3 connected by networkcable to my router (I prefer cables).
If I connect my Ipad directly to my TV through an HDMI-adapter, exactly the same files works just fineto play. But Hey... What's the function about having an ATV, if you cant stream content to it?? It seems like this problem is escalating around our globe, and no-one, even Apple, seems to understand what is wrong... :-(
Listen to this then: Finally I was able to borrow a another ATV3 from a friend, with the same firmware. And guess what. It was working again! Gosh... It is something wrong with the hardware in my unit I thought, and I returned it to the store, with a long letter describing the problem.
After 1 month, I received a new unit from Apple, and I was really nervous hooking it up in my home.
1, 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6.... Freeze! Again! Even with the new unit! Start to get really tired about this and that it seems that there's no solution. Hey. It worked here for 5 months. Frankly. Nobody knows, so I send it back now, once again... :-(
Still... My friends ATV3-unit with the same firmware working just fine here in my setup.
You out there. The first one that come up with a solution to this "Twillight Zone Story" get some reward of some kind! ;-)
APPLE. What is wrong here ???

Thanx Rudegar. I posted my story to Apple at the same time. We'll see.
The strange stuff is that is that I'd come to the conclusion that some of their units have some major trouble with the handshaking of the HDCP-Protocoll. My first unit that was working fine for 5 Months on my big major Samsung TV, suddenly stopped, as I described here above. But it actually was working fine when I hooked it up on a cheap 20" LG Screen.
Do not forget that at the same time, my friends unit (with the same firmware) was working just fine on my big Major Samsung. And the fact that the same file and movies plays just fine, if i hook it upp with cablel direct to my TV. ATV is isolated as the bad guy.
Crazy & Strange... We''ll see when I get it back here again. I'll try your tip regarding to restore the firmware connected to my Imac.
Maybe, I now get the chance to include a brand new 72" TV in the familybudget.... ;-)

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