[wildthing]

Hi folks, I finally bought my first blu ray player.

I plugged it via HDMI to the only TV in the house. This TV was purchased in 2007 so it only has 1080i. I know that it works because my cable box is connected via this HDMI input, but of course only 720p, as I don't think Comcast sends 1080i content. (I could be wrong as I am behind the times obviously from this post.)

Player starts up, briefly shows the startup screen with the blu ray logo, the it goes dark. TV says invalid format.

Can I assume it's the player, and it's only sending 1080p which my TV cannot understand?

Sony BD-s5100
LG 32LCD

I already printed the return label for the player. Just curious to know if my assumption is correct. Sadly I don't have another TV to test with.

Thought I'd check the brain trust here as I didn't want to sign up to one of the HT/AV forums.

Thanks a lot!