BlueTsunami said:That I hate most about Blu-Ray. I spent money on a HDTV set and it doesn't have HDMI. Ok. So basically what the supporters of Blu-Ray is asking the general public is to go out and BUY another HDTV with HDMI this time. Its ridiculous and they better change it come PS3 release time...or the only Blu-Ray player i'll be having is my PS3...i'll have a HD-DVD player (separate) in the next room for my High-Def cinema needs.
Actually, it's not clear what's going to happen with analog component.
The Fox exec. was quoted as saying people who adopted HDTV sets shouldn't be left out in the cold.
Some speculation is that early players will have full resolution output but that they will gradually phase out analog component output support so that later players would only output HDTV resolutions over HDMI.
BTW, don't expect any big differences between the formats on analog component support. It will be more a function of the studios than the formats.