RANT! SATV boxes w/o Y-Pb-Pr outputs

[Marzen]

I don't like that Direct TV & Dish Network fail to include component video outputs on their recievers. Unless you get the HD rcvr AND the HD programming package. I can buy a $50 DVD player with these outputs, aaarrgghh! I just want to put one of my wooden shoes up their <edited>!
The transcoders don't help much, probably because the signal is already muxed. Svid on 30" looks acceptable, step up to 55" and, well - anyone with NFL Sunday Ticket will tell you - closeups look ok, wide angle stadium shots look like 8 bit Atari games. Oh (while I'm on a roll) CBS has the rights to the AFL games again, their sound mix is @#$#@$! Fox sounds like you're on the field, & their baseball is equally good. Thanks for letting me rant.... I feel better now

[aud19]

Honestly on 480i SDTV signals I doubt there's be much of a difference between component/S-vid. The resolution's just not their in the original signal, regardless of connection. All the more reason to go HDTV

[Marzen]

I can't argue that, & I do understand the limited bandwidth on existing SD birds..., but I can say for sure that a non-progressive scan DVD component out to the big tv looks really nice. Granted, not as nice as a digital HD tape. I watched one called Coral Reef I think, it was truely eye popping. Which leads me to believe (guess) that only the Y-Pb-Pr and HDMI inputs are fed thru the PixelWorks scaler of the tv. Besides, a rant is driven more by frustration than logic :W