Blu Ray Upconvert and HDMI/RGB Questions?

[Jovonni]

I have an older Toshiba HD TV...no HDMI input. So if I buy a Blu Ray I will have to either A.) Find out if there is such a thing as a HDMI to Component converter, and how well it actually works. or B.) Plug the Blu Ray in with a RGB cable into my TV. My question is if I do either of the above how good will the picture look? The guy at Circuit City told me it will look better than the current DVD picture that I get with my player and that even my current DVDs will look better with the Blu Ray RGB input. So I am asking if anyone can tell me if he is right or if he is telling me stories. I don't want to drop $300 on a Blu Ray player if its going to look the same with the RGB inputs. Thanks

 

[Golfer]

It's true that you won't get full 1080p from component cables but your tv is probably 720p anyway. You will see a marked difference in bluray even with component cables. You will see a better picture with regular dvds but not better enough (in my opinion) to drop $300 for that alone. Bluray disks will be much better and it would be worth the $ with them.

HDMI is a digital signal and component cables are analog. There are very expensive analog to digital converters but they aren't worth the $ and are really for professional use.