I understand that my comments can end up being more argumentative than informative. But whether we like it or not, the whole HD debacle is tied closely with the politics.

Yes, he'll need HDMI (or DVI) in order to view protected content at it's native resolution. But I would like him to know WHY he needs to. And the why is as I stated, that it's all politics, not the hardware.

You just can't separate the politics from the technical aspects of the HD "wars" without only giving half the story.

This isn't like having to upgrade your video card to view the latest graphics in BioShock. Your old hardware probably might actually not be able to push the graphics. This is someone forcing you to throw away your perfectly good hardware to use what they want you to.

If my reading is correct, component is perfectly capable to push native 1080p resolutions and is considerably cheaper. It also has the benefit of having support through most decently priced hardware.

I have chosen not to support HDMI for a few reasons based upon my research into the whole ordeal. This probably won't do much if anything to hurt the progression of it, but I would like to give anyone who is interested in the specifics all the information I can.

But I haven't found anything to combat my statement that HDMI is not out there to benefit the consumer.

From what I know of the 360, the standard component connect will allow native 1080 I or P for games that support it. The only time it would cause an issue is from watching HD movies from XBLive or if he blew the money on the HD DVD player. But if all he is worried about is viewing the GoW in it's best resolution, the component will work just fine.