I’ve been experiencing the very same issues here. I just have not rolled back firmware yet, but the problems are the same. I’d also used it well since 2013.
I have been having this issue now for a short time, very annoying. I noticed it right after I connected a WD 3tb drive to it (might just be a fluke), even after removing it and doing a complete factory reset it still does this. I have been running current FW since the day it came out and it never gave trouble until very recently. I do not wish to roll back due to being able to access SiriusXM on the unit in Canada. I think if I continue to have issues I will just go with a better unit from another company as I had the previous gen model and it just decided to stop working on netflix all together, so now I have 2 players that do not work properly.
