HDMI not being recognized by my TV

[msklapkin]

I have a Sony KDL-46xBR3 and just bought a Samsung Blu Ray player
The TV is not recognizing the HDMI connection. I tried it on another TV and it worked fine, so it is the TV.
this is the first time I am connecting via HDMI
Someone at Geek Squad told me if you do not use HDMI for a long time, they go bad
Any ideas?

 

[dingo07]

whoever at Geek Squad told u that knows absolutely nothing... it's more likely the HDMI version your TV accepts is older than the new BRD player you just bought. you should get a new current gen TV or an HDMI scaler that is HDMI 1.0 compatible

 

[americanaudiophile]

All versions of HDMI are backwards compatible. You just cannot support features that the TV doesn't have like 3D, ARC, or network connection. HDMI can be very odd. Try a different cable and a different brand BD player . Since you never used it the HDMI input may have always been bad.