I agree that the XBOX 360 does not quite as crisp over Component or VGA when compared to another device over HDMI at the same resolution; but, it I think that an HDMI-equipped XBOX 360 will make up much of the difference. Outside of that, the only other variable becomes the bitrate used and limited by each of the formats. The only thing that I don't like is that the Dashboard looks a little bit more muddy over VGA compared to Component, but the games do look a bit better when scaled by the XBOX 360 to 1080p.
A lot of people seem to poo-poo Blu-Ray since it is tied to Sony (which hasn't exactly been pleasing a lot of geeks, mostly due to the rootkit incident with some of the Sony/BMG CDs; and Sony isn't the sole participant or owner of Blu-Ray either) and many point to the overall higher cost that has been related to Blu-Ray. At this point, there is a slightly higher inherent cost to Blu-Ray when it comes to the equipment and the production of the discs. Blu-Ray almost seems like the +R while HD-DVD almost seems like -R of the HD formats :)
I still haven't played a DVD on my Playstation 3, but the upscaling of PSone and Playstation 2 games makes playing Final Fantasy X a little more bareable on a larger screen.
XBOX 360 and Picture Quality
Hey James!
I agree that the XBOX 360 does not quite as crisp over Component or VGA when compared to another device over HDMI at the same resolution; but, it I think that an HDMI-equipped XBOX 360 will make up much of the difference. Outside of that, the only other variable becomes the bitrate used and limited by each of the formats. The only thing that I don't like is that the Dashboard looks a little bit more muddy over VGA compared to Component, but the games do look a bit better when scaled by the XBOX 360 to 1080p.
A lot of people seem to poo-poo Blu-Ray since it is tied to Sony (which hasn't exactly been pleasing a lot of geeks, mostly due to the rootkit incident with some of the Sony/BMG CDs; and Sony isn't the sole participant or owner of Blu-Ray either) and many point to the overall higher cost that has been related to Blu-Ray. At this point, there is a slightly higher inherent cost to Blu-Ray when it comes to the equipment and the production of the discs. Blu-Ray almost seems like the +R while HD-DVD almost seems like -R of the HD formats :)
I still haven't played a DVD on my Playstation 3, but the upscaling of PSone and Playstation 2 games makes playing Final Fantasy X a little more bareable on a larger screen.