Tom my new sony tv has both component and s video inputs also hdmi. There is a huge differense between s video and component out. If the tv will not recognize progressive signals in the s jack input you might get a black or un-synchronized picture... Many tv's or dvd players can not put out a progressive scan signal into the S jacks output. Progressive output is so much clearer and sharper I still get a charge out of watching dvd's I had watched a few times now in the progressive sharper scan to see what I never saw before.... I can't wait for the 1080 dvd's to come out.....