Okay, last question. I'm not trying to be a pain here and after this I'm just going to start googling this stuff on my own (I've been remiss in keeping up with this stuff). . .
If HDCP won't work over analog, and therefore someone with only component (analog) inputs on their HDTV can't use it, what is the point of there being analog/component outputs on a Blu-Ray DVD player?
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Because they like to point and laugh?
The currently-available HD-DVD players have composite outputs too, and those are a sick joke by any standard.
Seriously, there's 2 reasons.
First is that 512p is a little bit better than the current 480p cap, and you'll still benefit from better encoding regardless.
Second is that HDCP is set on a per-disk basis. If the disk doesn't activate HDCP, you can use component, RGB, or DVI for HD signals. But if the disk DOES activate HDCP, you can't. With luck the HDCP flag will wind up like the Macrovision flag on DVDs, and almost never be used. But you shouldn't have to count on luck.