URC still replaces any and all MX 780 remotes with dim screens. The bad run was from 2013 and 2014. That is what a good company does for their dealers. It was a similar situation with Onkyo and Integra HDMI boards. They continued to replace them many years out of warranty. Every manufacturer will have an issue come up, if you work with them long enough. The good companies back their customers.
There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions.