i havent tried one on arduino, but the last time i hooked one of these things up directly to 5v it started to go,
This IR receiver IC is designed to be powered and wired directly to +5vdc and ground, there is no need for a current limiting resistor, it is not an LED, it is a IC. I've wired one up to a breadboard before and it worked as designed with just a ground, +5vdc, and a signal wire to hook to a digital input pin.
Lefty