I've done some digging through two manuals (the P-965 manual that Garrett kindly provided and the Denon 3805), just to satisfy my curiousity. In both cases, the only OSD that is available via component video is the setup menu - OSD overlays are not available. There is an exception (and it appears to apply to both units): s-video and composite video inputs viewed from the component monitor output will retain the overlay. This makes sense, as the overlay is added to the signals before they are converted to component. This also fits Shawnb16's findings, as I would expect the upconversion to component to be at 480i.

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with this. In fact, I'd worry more if they were overlaying OSD data on a component video input.

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