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With Whineyho debating on purchasing an HDMI capable Xbox 360 to replace his component only version, the time was ripe for me to generate multi-megabyte photos comparing Component and HDMI video outputs. Using his 60" Sanyo 1080p DLP TV, we hooked up his Component Xbox and my HDMI Xbox and logged out of our Xbox Live accounts (to get the generic dashboard screens). Below is the results which was definitely less than spectacular. The only noticeable difference between the two is the HDMI was slightly brighter, and 2 inches from the TV you could see analog noise on the component, which was impossible to tell even a foot away from the screen. The day after completing the test, EternalOne mentioned motion comparison would have been a better idea, and he's right, but I'm too lazy to do it over so I'll leave that for someone with more time than me. As for the still scenes, we couldn't tell any appreciable difference.

HDMI	Green	Orange	Purple	Blue	Red	Map	Bowling
Comp	Green	Orange	Purple	Blue	Red	Map	Bowling