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For 720p and 1080i resolution on the component
video out, only non-copy protected discs can be
played back. If the disc is copy protected, it will be
displayed at the 480p resolution.

Exactly. There aren't a whole lot of non-copy protected disks around. Yes, you could DeCSS the disk and reburn it, but that's probably not worth it.

For an upconverting DVD player, I reccomend the Samsung HD-850. There's a key sequence which makes it output any resolution over component with any source material. The aspect controls all work perfectly. As far as I know it remembers the resolution, but I almost always leave it on 1080i with the orginal aspect ratio. I don't think I've ever unplugged mine, I assume it forgets everything in a power loss, but other than that it seems to do fine.

I need the upconverting because the Dell 24 inch monitor doesn't have a remote, so there's no way to adjust the aspect ratio without getting up off the couch. With the DVD player, it outputs a nice wide screen resolution with the aspect ratio preserved.

Matthew