Blu-ray on older "HD-ready" Mitsubishi TV?

[lumpster]

Perhaps a naive question, but I have a 6-year old large screen Mitsubishi that claims to be "HD-ready," but no HDMI inputs. A careful reading of the back of the Mitsubishi manual seems to indicate that the TV will accept (and display) 1080i via the HD component inputs. So, several questions:
1. What's the right way to get closer to Blu-ray quality out of a Blu-ray disk
on this TV? A little bit of research seems to say that most Blu-ray players
will only display 1080p out of the HDMI outputs, but not the component
outputs. Am I reading the Blu-ray documentation correctly?
2. I've seen several HDMI-to-component converter boxes, but will I run into
1080p-to-1080i conversion problems?
3. Am I trying to do this the hard way, and I should just go buy a newer
1080p HDTV?

Some help that would keep me from making an expensive mistake would be most appreciated...

[Beta Man]

Just connect it via Component, and you'll get the best PQ your T.V. is capable of....

Enjoy!

[lumpster]

Thanks! The Blu-Ray player I currently have only has HDMI and standard Audio/Video (red/white/yellow) RCA outputs. Do you know of a Blu-Ray player that has HD-like Component outputs (as well as HDMI), or do I have to buy a separate HDMI-to-Component converter? I've looked at several (like the Sony), but the manuals seem to imply that you only get HD from the player through the HDMI output... am I reading these incorrectly?

[igotcabada]

Originally Posted by lumpster

Thanks! The Blu-Ray player I currently have only has HDMI and standard Audio/Video (red/white/yellow) RCA outputs. Do you know of a Blu-Ray player that has HD-like Component outputs (as well as HDMI), or do I have to buy a separate HDMI-to-Component converter? I've looked at several (like the Sony), but the manuals seem to imply that you only get HD from the player through the HDMI output... am I reading these incorrectly?

There are a bunch of BD players out there with component outputs

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218070353057 - here is a panasonic one for example.

If you go to Best Buy's website there is a sort option for outputs, component being one of them.. there are 21 total BD players with component outputs

Another option you have would be to purchase a receiver that would output in component and hook your hdmi up to that.