The component video output doesn't use the ABT chipset, so most of their attention went to the HDMI output. That's why I recommend in my setup guide that you use the HDMI output for video if at all possible. I suspect that there are opportunities to refine the video performance of the Mediatek chip's scaling and deinterlacing (which is solely responsible for the component video output), but it was never the priority. My suspicion is that they will end up being able to improve on that in the future, particularly if (when?) they develop a little brother to the BDP-83 that lacks the ABT2010 since such a player would use the Mediatek chip for both HDMI and component video outputs.