I know that BluRay movies aren't at their max potential at a 720 resolution and may/probably won't look as life-like as compared to on a 1080p's. But with that being said, will a HDMI cable be a pleasing to one's eyes whom never been exposed to HD quality movies?
In a short answer, YES. I am guessing the other options you have are composite and component. Both of those use analog signals while the HDMI utilizes a digital signal. The use of the digital signal means almost zero interference between the DVD player and the television. In your case, this will mean much, brighter colours and crisper pictures, even though your resolution is still 720p.
It's worth it considering I bought one for $18 at Fred Meyer, which is like a Target They do not cost $50, I've seen them around $15-$30, so go for it
Hi I have both 52Sony Bravia HDTV LCD 1080P 120Hz 37Philips HDTV LCD 720P. To compare 720P 1080P, it is very hard to tell the picture difference. Because I purchase my both HDTV's at Bestbuy when I brought them home, the picture it doesn't look crystal clear compare to Bestby store. A coworker from work he use to work at Bestbuy, he told me that Bestbuy they program all HDTV's to superior picture. Yes I do use a HDMI cable I have a Sony Blu-ray player. Sorry back to your question. The HDMI cable are superior then the Components cables it doens't hurt to buy one if you don't have one. Remember to make sure that you buy a HDMI cables that has gold hooks that is 1.3a or 1.3b version.
At 720p, I see no difference in picture quality using component or HDMI cable. In fact, with HDMI, many of the picture adjustment controls are locked out in favor of what the cable dictates. Weird. I don't think you'll notice a difference except that I recall owning an upconverting DVD player that would not upconvert if you used component cables something to do with copy protection. Could this be the case with a BD player? Doubt it. If you have a blu-ray movie to test with and the same movie on DVD (like Madagascar or something) then you can see first hand if there's a big difference between them. If there is, then you know you are getting HD through component cables. Or maybe the manual will say so too. Phew. IN ANY CASE, if you wanted to try it out, most cheapie HDMI cables from Hong Kong on OKorder will do the trick quite well, for a total cost of about $6.
