With a 2-4000hr average lifespan, even with 3hours a day of operation, that is 1.8years average minimum life - ie right at or past the warranty period..

 

^^Man i'm glad i bought the cda-9833 instead of the biolite 9835...exactly the same except for the display!

 

How did the customer take that?

 

Wiki is quoting 14000 hours for the life of an OLED, the quote I got from SONY 2+ years ago was MUCH less (in my earlirer post) but it is an immature technology for sure. Samsung looks to be doing a lot of development work with them and showed quite a few at CES this year (but they do not feel it is ready yet for introduction as a consumer product). Sony didn't show much that was new but they have had an OLED TV on the market for 2 years.
(I still dont know if a biolight is an OLED)

 

Part of why I value the H900 so much is that I've compared it to high end home pieces...it stacks up very well. The digital on the H900 is one of, if not THE strongest point of using it.

I have heard of people mistakenly listening to music with the AiNet signal which is a big step down from the optical signal...could this possibly have been your experience?

The DVA-7996 transport and optical output is the same as the CDA-7990.(F1 Status) From a reliability standpoint, I have no reason to switch to a z1.

One further thing that I remember about my H900, is that it had it's display replaced once already as a demo unit. When I took delivery of it from the dealer, I remember being told that the display had recently been replaced. Disassembly of the display housing and inspecting the circuitboard for signs of re-soldering has confirmed this.

 

My first H900 display crapped out about 3 years ago but I was lucky enough to find the replacement part from PAC. Now my 7990 is starting to act up.

Just this past summer I purchased 2 more used H900's in good condition & have not had a problem with them.

I also agree that the digital input is far better than anolog, hands down.

Adam, contact starboy869, he has a contact in Japan for F#1 stuff.

 

I wonder how long before the display on my 9887 goes? I miss the simplistic colour text display from my 9813, had that deck for 3 years and never had an issue with it.

 

Hmm thats good to hear, maybe this problem with the biolite displays is exclusive to the F1 then?