Homedad, I did try component, and it looked awesome. When I cycled back/forth from component to HDMI, I thought the component looked better. Granted, I calibrated my component signal with my new AVIA and have not calibrated the HDMI/DVI input.
The bad thing is you can't use regular DVD's via the component signal, they don't get upconverted. This was part of the reason I purchased the player.
I also thought the sound was awesome, lots of action from my surround and rear qs8's.
Lorenzo, if your serious let me know, maybe we can figure something out.
It has the latest 2.5 firmware.
Randy
Randy I sent you a PM.
2xM80 VP180 2xQS8 2xM3 HSU STF3 LG 60PS11 Denon 3808 ATI 1506 LCR 2xATI 1502 Oppo BDP-83