Is My Pioneer PDP-5070HD Fried?

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Originally Posted by BluPix

What could have caused this? Some odd power surge? (I've had the unit for over eight years and nothing like that ever happened. All my other HT components (receiver, PlayStation, blu-ray player, speakers, etc. seem to be okay.)

A long list of anomalies could create those symptoms. Symptoms say nothing about what is damaged or why.

For example, a manufacturing defect could exist. That is a most common reason for failures.

Another example. A surge incoming on AC mains found earth ground via an 'installed for free' cable protection. Damage being on a surge's outgoing path. Surges occur maybe once every seven years. Are incoming to everything. But only find an always required outgoing (and destructive) path via one or a few appliances.

Best evidence is a dead body. Without those facts (what is damaged), then every reply can only be wild speculation.