I'm probably a rare case but I've been waiting for HDMI before I buy a 360. Why? Because I have an older 23" LCD monitor with only DVI-d input that is currently sitting next to my desk waiting to be hooked to a console.
As the poster with no free component inputs mentioned, the economics of spending an extra $80 on the console compares very favorably with the other options. The extra $80 for the Elite with HDMI plus a few bucks for a HDMI to DVI cable gets me up and running on my existing hardware compared to the possibilities with a non-HDMI 360: sinking a couple hundred dollars for a VGA to DVI-d converter box or hundreds of dollars for a new monitor or HDTV.
Why not buy a PS3? Because the 360 has the games I want to play (and at reasonable prices used) and watching movies on my console is not a priority. I'll buy an HD-DVD or BR player in a few years when they can be had for $40 and the movies are $5-10 each.
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I'm probably a rare case but I've been waiting for HDMI before I buy a 360. Why? Because I have an older 23" LCD monitor with only DVI-d input that is currently sitting next to my desk waiting to be hooked to a console.
As the poster with no free component inputs mentioned, the economics of spending an extra $80 on the console compares very favorably with the other options. The extra $80 for the Elite with HDMI plus a few bucks for a HDMI to DVI cable gets me up and running on my existing hardware compared to the possibilities with a non-HDMI 360: sinking a couple hundred dollars for a VGA to DVI-d converter box or hundreds of dollars for a new monitor or HDTV.
Why not buy a PS3? Because the 360 has the games I want to play (and at reasonable prices used) and watching movies on my console is not a priority. I'll buy an HD-DVD or BR player in a few years when they can be had for $40 and the movies are $5-10 each.