Component Video cables vs HDMI

The pros of HDMI are 1080p video and digital sound are transferred through the cable. The con is the HDMI connection is slightly fragile and is more prone to damage than other connections. The importance of cable quality increases along with the length of the cable. For cables less than 2 or 3 meters focus on the quality of the connectors. I use three MonoPrice.com (no affiliation) premium HDMI 1 meter cables, Product ID: 3991 @ $5.17 each, in my home theater with very satisfactory results.

Hoever, since you are replacing several video and audio / digital cables with one cable you can still save money with moderately priced HDMI cables.

I have been told that either can surpass the other depending on which the TV was configured for to begin with.

I did not know that component could not reproduce 1080p.

I presume these days it would be hdmi and that component is being phased out - just a guess...

The early high end gear did use component cable for 1080p, before HDMI was around,and adapted for the standard.Vidikron and Faroudja are good examples.It makes you wonder,how many HDMI versions,plus how long will it be around.

When the HDMI cable can be had for less than $10 there is no reason not to get one. You get the convenience of one cable carrying all the video and audio signal. More often than not HDMI video will look better than component video.

Agreed that if your system and TV can utlilize HDMI might as well use HDMI (v. component).

However, the quality of the HDMI cable does matter. I too used a Monoprice HDMI and thought it was fine. Until I replaced it with a Wireworld Starlight 5.2 HDMI cable. BIG IMPROVEMENT in all areas - color, detail, holographic imaging etc.

And, I would hope there would be improvement with the difference in price: $250 for 2m for the Wireworld (but available now for $95-$99 or so because of new models out) v. $8 for Monoprice.

Note: A friend also got the Wireworld and thought there was reasonable improvement, but less than what I experienced.

I used the Wireworld on both cable box and Blu-ray player.