They are shooting you bologna. However, most bluray playes will down convert unless you are using HDMI because of the whole copyright protection dealio. A lot of newer players don't even support anything other than hdmi.
-- grant On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Matthew Walker <mwal...@kydance.net> wrote: > > On Tue, August 3, 2010 12:47 pm, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > > Two different BestBuy associates have now told me that HDMI is the only > way to have > > 1080p. Wikipedia says that component supports 1080p. Are these associates > simply trying > > to sell HDMI cables? > > You can definitely do 1080p over component. They're lying to you. > > -- > Matthew Walker HAM Call Sign: N7TOX > Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ > PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
