Onkyo 606 and Blu-ray hook-up problem

[maddaug]

Bought the 606 all excited, hook-up the Sony 350 and just get a rolling type of picture. I can make out the home screen of the blu-ray but nothing else.
HELP.
My connections are with HDMI. The player works fine hooked up directly to the tv and my old receiver. Any ideas???

[SatinKzo]

What happens when you go into the setup on the receiver (it has an OSD), does the picture roll still?

[maddaug]

I'm not sure what you mean about the set-up? I assigned the DVD to an input via HDMI if that is what you are referring to. Still had no luck.

Well I figured it out. It seems on my Sony 350 blu-ray I had to change the "Output Video Format". I had to change the format from "Auto" to "1080i".
How did I figure this out? Well when I plugged the blu-ray via HDMI to the TV it displayed 1080i. I remembered in the manuel something about the output video format which lead me to solve the problem.

Now my question is why did I have to make this adjustment? Isn't that the whole idea of "Auto formatting"? Is it because the tv is 5 years old? Am I getting anything less picture wise?

I would love to know if you can answer my questions.