Why is my picture so poor going from Netflix to Blueray to receiver to TV...

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...using HDMI cords? I have a Yamaha HTR-5990 receiver. Trying to hook a Samsung Blueray player
to the receiver using HDMI wire. The HDMI output from the receiver then
goes to my Samsung LCD 55" flatscreen. The DVD's play perfect going through
my receiver but the streaming movies from Netflex have a horrible picture
with a bunch of waves going through it. I have allready ruled out Netflix
and my internet connection. If I hook the blueray directly to the
flatscreen the picture is fine but this kind of defeats the purpose of
having a receiver. Is this a compatiblity issue with the receiver and
streaming videos and is there a conversion cable of some sort that I need to
purchase? Thank you in advance.
I ruled out the connection because the Netflix streaming works fine if I go from the blueray directly to the TV. The picture is clear. However if I go through the receiver first and then to the TV the picture is distorted.
 
Why did you rule out your connection?

A low-res Netflix stream will look great on a small PC window, but on a big TV will look horrible.

But it look like the problem is with your receiver - make sure the receiver is in pass-through mode, well grounded. Using HDMI, there should be no noise.
 
It sounds like there is either a comaptibility issue with the receiver, or the receiver is not working properly, or maybe there is some settings on the receiver you need to adjust. There is no cable that will fix the compatibilty issue. If your TV has outputs, try going from the Blue-Ray to the TV then bring the sound from the TV to the receiver. Or, try an HDMI cable from the Blue Ray to the TV then rca cables from the BlueRay to the receiver although you may experience sound and image sync isues using this method.

I've been on several repair calls for this same issue when people hook up our Uverse STBs through their VCRs and receivers.
 
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