Hooking to TV via HDMI

I have Samsung BlueRay DVD Player which is plugged into a Samsung TV by HDMI cable in port 2. When I plug another HDMI into one of the other ports and connect it to my MacBook Pro's Thunderboldt port via an HDMI to mini converter my computer screen shows up great on the TV as a mirror of what is on the computer. When I disconnect the MacBook Pro the BlueRay DVD player no longer shows up in the device list and cannot be found until I unplug the HDMI cable from the TV port that was used with the MAC. I then have to do a reset of the devices in order to get the Blue Ray Player back on the source list of devices. Can anyone help me with what is going on?

Thanks for the reply. When my MacBook Pro is hooked to the Samsung TV via an HDMI cable from the TV into the Mac Thunderbolt port via a Mini to HDMI converter I can select the Samsung Blue Ray Player and all is well. It's when I unhook my MAC from the Thunderbolt port (which goes into the HDMI into the TV) that I can no longer locate the Blue Ray Player as a device to choose on the TV menu unless I unplug the HDMI from the TV that went to the MAC (I tried other ports) and reset the devices. The only other device I have to add to the mix for testing is our old PowerBook G4. The HDMI hookup to the G4 is not through a thunderbolt port obviously and the resolution on the TV is lousy but there is no impact on the Blue Ray Player when the G4 is unplugged. I talked to a fellow who had an identical TV to mine with several devices (an iiTV, XBOX, SamsungBluRay (BD-D6500, but not a MacBook Pro) and his system works perfectly.These are some of the reasons I am beginning to suspect it is the MacBook Pro's thunderbolt connection that is causing the problem, since the Blue Ray Player and TV work perfectly otherwise. If you other thoughts let me know.

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