I prefer DVI over HDMI. Component works just as well, except its not a bitch like HDMI. HDMI was created for what SEEMS like to make ppls life easier, less cable clutter and all that, right? True, BUT!!! it’s a tricky cable. Let me tell you why. I purchased my laptop with a bluray player dvd drive and an hdmi output in hopes of being able to use it on my large tv as a computer and a dvd/blu ray player. i borrowed my friend’s Watchmen blu ray dvd, because i wanted to see how nice it looks in blu ray. i put the movie in the laptop and started it, plugged in my hdmi cable and the screens went black and the laptop crashed. no biggie, i tried it again…then again…then about 6-7 more times with the same result. Each time i DONT have the cable plugged in, it played just fine. When I plug the cable the DVD player crashes. Later my friend informed me of the way HDMI works. It’s being installed on pretty much all things now because its protected. It’s coded so that you cant play movies or media through it for copy protection. I can only use my laptop as a computer hooked up to my TV, i cant use it as a DVD/blue ray player on movies i try to watch, even if i bought em or dont wanna copy anything. its horseshit. DVI and component video quality is the exact same, with the exception of the bullshit. HDMI can suck my cock. the only reason im using it is cuz i have to and that im not going to use the device to copy anything, i just need picture and sound signal, like my ps3 and my tv. did i mention HDMI can suck my cock? no? well, hdmi can suck my cock.