Difference between HDMI and HD Component cables?

I finally bought an HD tv, and I was kind of confused as to which product is for me. I'd appreciate it if someone could differentiate between these two. Thanks.

the HDMI is only sharper but very hard to see the sharpness increase

hdmi is better quality and u only hav to plug it in in 1 spot, idk if that affects u but its useful for me cause i move it around alot

I finally bought an HD tv, and I was kind of confused as to which product is for me. I'd appreciate it if someone could differentiate between these two. Thanks.

Drakebunny

HDMI has fewer wires and you don't need to use a Microsoft made one, so it's future-proof.

Well I don't have 360 but for my PS3 I use a HDMI cable.

Go w/ that; as the HDMI cable is the superior of the two (as others have mentioned) w/ the fact it's a complete digital stream of the picture/video/audio signal. Whereas component cable is not (analog).

they are pretty much the same ... the only difference is that hdmi uses less cables