an hdmi cable is an hdmi cable. i bought a $79.99 hdmi cable about a month ago and after reading something it said that there is no difference in cable no matter what the price is. i ended uo returning it and buying a $20 cable and saw absolutely no difference. i have a 1080p hdtv and it looks amazing with the cheaper hdmi cable. i reccomend buying the cheapest possible
1) If you have a HDMI port on your television, I reccommend using that. HDMI is pure digital signal. Component cables are excellent as well, but are analog.
2) The price on many "high-end" cables do tend to be for the name (i.e Monster) rather than quality. However, many "cheap" cables tend to have less shielding, and some don't maintain quality as long.
I still don't understand why some folks will pay hundreds of dollars on a game system, then buy a cable at the 99 cent store. First thing they wind up complaining about is that Sony system is crap cause they bought a crappy cable.
The HDMI-DVI cable would give you a nice digital signal and you can use the composite for stereo sound or optical if you have a sound system that supports surround sound. Component does ok but it's still not as good as digital (HDMI).
I echo the sentiments of most of the previous posters, the HDMI is going to be such a step up from the others that you will notice the difference. I personally feel that the step up is much less between the "high end" HDMI cables and the lower end ones. SHort answer: go with HDMI if you can.
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