Sorry about going off topic on a rant - I'm just a real proponent of this remote (and others like it)
As far as the up-converters - my understanding is that they aer glorified switching modules, and that the quality both degrades (however slightly) and is not truly "upconverted." Basically, my I think that it just converts the signal into something usable by a component video jack...Again, since you're losing some marginal quality and the signal won't be any better - it seems to me that you might be able to save a little green, and effectuate a major change in your home theater habits.
