Component verses HDMI

Clarifications

Picture Quality as LCD Screens have slow refresh times and the extra data that can be pushed into the Screen may not be of any use and may even make things slightly worse under some conditions. You'll most likely see picture degrading when there are high speed events happening so something like Motor Racing will have the race car in perfect picture but the background will be fuzzy or blurry. This is a result of the LCD Display not being able to refresh fast enough to provide clear pictures.

It really depends on what you chose to watch the TV for as it's a bit like stereo equipment if you spend a lot of money on something the Brain convinces you that you have a better quality sound when actually there is no difference.

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It depends on what you are driving the TV with if it isn?t capable of a vertical resolution of at least 1080dpi then it doesn?t matter. For example you might have a PC with a video card capable of 1280X1024. Then it doesn?t matter. Another consideration is that the connection of devices that are both capable of using HDMI can be considerably simpler and optimized using that connection. The vertical resolution might not be your primary concern. I routinely watch digital HD TV on my PC broadcast at 1080i at 1280X1024 and can?t really tell much difference when I compare it to my DLP running the same programming at 1080i, which by the way is interlaced. This means every other raster is the same. This means that there may be no difference at all except the viewing distance and the fact that that my PC is running a 19 inch monitor and the DLP is 54 inches. There are lots of issues. If I were you, given the fact that your devices both support HDMI, I?d lay out the lumber and get the cable. If nothing else it will cut down on the cable clutter and allow cleaning around you installation with less problems. Enjoy.