Component only TV

[CodyCourtBlack2]

I have a sanyo tv that has no hdmi input. i currently use component cables to hook my blu-ray player to the tv. i'm noticing that a lot of blu-ray players are not including component cable outputs anymore? why not? this has me worried as i have no plan on replacing my tv and want to be able to replace my blu-ray player if needs be and still hook it up to the tv. can someone help me out?

[sonyfanboy]

I guess technology is moving forward. But if that becomes a problem in the future you can get an HDMI-Component Video converter.

[CodyCourtBlack2]

what are those and how much do they cost?

[sonyfanboy]

Originally Posted by PixarPerfect

what are those and how much do they cost?

Its a small converter box, this one costs $40. For 5.1 surround, use optical out on the bd player.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

[CodyCourtBlack2]

does anyone know what the deal is with the absence of component inputs on blu-ray players? it just all seems wrong. i like my component cable.

[sonyfanboy]

Originally Posted by PixarPerfect

does anyone know what the deal is with the absence of component inputs on blu-ray players? it just all seems wrong. i like my component cable.

Also to cheap out on parts since Blu-ray players are getting cheaper.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by PixarPerfect

does anyone know what the deal is with the absence of component inputs on blu-ray players? it just all seems wrong. i like my component cable.

You mean component output.

Blu-ray Disc
Manufacturers that sell Blu-ray players are required to sign the Advanced Access Content System license. AACS is one of two layers of copy protection on Blu-ray Discs (BD+ is the other).
There are two threats to component video defined in the AACS license agreement—the Analog Sunset, and disc based flags, such as the Image Constraint Token (ICT), and the Digital Only Token (DOT).

First, the Analog Sunset:
2.2.2.1 Analog Sunset – 2010. With the exception of Existing Models, any Licensed Player manufactured after December 31, 2010 shall limit analog video outputs for Decrypted AACS Content to SD Interlace Modes only. Existing Models may be manufactured and sold by Adopter up until December 31, 2011...

2.2.2.2 Analog Sunset – 2013. No Licensed Player that passes Decrypted AACS Content to analog video outputs may be manufactured or sold by Adopter after December 31, 2013.

Source: The AACS Final Adopter Agreement, available at http://www.aacsla.com/home.

This means that existing models of Blu-ray players with HD-capable component video outputs will continue to be available through December 31, 2011. Beginning in 2012, no new Blu-ray players with active HD component video.

HDTV's are dirt cheap now. Time to move on to a newer HDTV soon.