On screen messages do not show on 480i component. They only show on composite and s-video.
Thanks for the confirmation on that. Do you recall if the setup menu get overlaid onto the incoming video signal when using a 480i component input?
That's kind of a neat feature if you want to use a secondary display for control purposes. You do that, don't you Gonk?
I do not, although I've heard of other folks doing it. I
do have a "secondary" display in my stereo system, though. It is a small LCD screen so I can see the video output from my player, which is great for player configuration, DVD-Audio menus, Blu-ray menus, DLNA server access, and CD or SACD text.