The new Oppo 970 will up convert via component. It does a pretty good at it on my four year old, non-HDMI TV too! Unfortunately, it will only do this with those ‘user friendly’ dvd’s that are not ‘protected’. IE: old DVD’s. Pretty much all the new releases will not allow this to happen unless it’s via HDMI. But for a hundred and fifty bucks, I’d highly recommend the 970. it even a universal player.