Blu-Ray Player for now (1080iTV) and later (1080pTV)

[mrbrycel]

My girlfriend's family has had this 70 inch Mitsubishi rear projection 1080series TV for almost 10 years now, and all we've ever watched on it was regular TV and SD DVDs. When I got my Panasonic HVX200a, I shot some footage, and plugged it in via component, and it was amazing to see HD for the first time!

I don't know much about TVs and how they work with players, but I as a videographer I'm very familiar with the differences between progressive and interlaced, frame rates, pulldowns, resolutions, etc. I work with all of this on camera and computer, but once it gets to TV, I'm clueless.

When I heard that some Blu-Ray players can play 24p (with no pulldown), I was amazed! I got excited, but then I realized that 24p must only be a digital (HDMI) option, and impossible for our 1080i TV with only analog component inputs. Am I right?

I want to buy a good Blu Ray player that I can use now via component with our 1080i TV. But I want to find one that is 24p capable, so I can use it later on when I can afford a 1080p TV.

Would 24p capable HDMI Blu Ray players also work with a 1080i component TV? Does anyone reccomend any specific players?