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No you don't, but that's why I'm here, lol. The denon's do not upconvert via component, only the HDMI/DVI connections do up converting. Component will be 480i/p.

Now you mentioned the 2900. Keep in mind there are two units out there, the 2900 and 2910.

The 2910 is:
*The previous 2200 with the HDMI upscaling capabilities, this is brand new, and was JUST released, it's supposed to be a great player, as the 2200 was considered to be a superb player as well.

The 2900 is:
*what chromy and I use as our players, it is a superb player whose dacs were built for excellent video reproduction as well as audio reproduction. It does component video output but not scaling.

Edit: do keep this in mind, the quality of chipset in the 2910 is a step up from the 1910, I don't know how this will affect normal component output. The 2910 uses Faroudja's flagship de-interlacer, whereas I think the 1910 is the step down. However that's not to say the 1910 is inferior to the 2910 in component video picture quality.

Both are superb players, I wanted my dvd player to serve tripple duty as movie player, DVDA/SACD (of which I have 3 dozen of those discs), and a CD transport, so the 2900 with it's higher audio dacs is what I went with. You can't go wrong on either. One thing to note is that you can find the 2900 used for about 550 dollars, while the 2910's MSRP is 650 (it was just released). I got mine from audiogon.com, for 560 shipped, and the guy kept it in pristine condition. I love the 2900, so either the 2910, 2900, or 1910 would be great for component. But I'd go with the 1910 purely because it's got a great set of video dacs and it's pretty absurdly cheap for a denon dvd player.