New Xbox 360 Slim w/o HD?

I just recently purchased the new Xbox 360 slim, and when i went to connect it, i realized there were no component cables for HD.  There was only the normal AV jacks.  Is there a way to make it HD w/o having to go and buy extra cables?  It would be extremely dumb if Microsoft would release this with something even the original 360 had.  Its a HD system so why not allow the consumers to be able to play it that way from initial purchase?

360s have been shipping without HD cables for quite a while now. The elite i bought to replace my '06 pro model didn't have any HD cables in the box. Monoprice.com has cheap cables you can use. Sony didn't ship with HD cables from the start. Its funny because both companies say "Look at our awesome graphics in HD" and they can't do it out of the box.

the Jasper elites came with both component and HDMI cables. Shame they went back on that.

HDMI cables are very cheap - although this also makes MS seen especially dumb for not throwing one in.

They've been like that for ages now it sucks, but I need HDMI and the new 360 I'm getting comes with HDMI!

Yeah order an HDMI cable for cheap off the internet. Don't buy in-store unless "getting it today" is worth the extra $40+ bucks.

they have been doing it for a while now. I'm kind of surprised that they did that, still. slim with konect they should came with them. your going to have to buy component or HDMI cable. i suggest you get HDMI cable just because. don't buy it from a store because they are like $60 and online for like $5.

its t he same deal with the ps3 slim. Only composite cables in the box :(

Does the HDMI cable have the extra colored av jacks (green, blue, red) on one side and the hd port on the other, or just the two sides one that goes into the xbox and the other into the tv?  I just got the xbox slim and i'm pretty confused with how to get the hd set up, thanks for any help!

Yup, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all ship without HD cables. Are we playing on wooden TVs still? Where are my damn HD cables? lol

I heard that Sony just started to pack in HDMI cables with PS3 Slims?
 
But yea it sucks, my HDTV only has 1 HDMI slot which I'm using with my PS3.  I'm gonna use my old 360 component cable...

Wow I can't believe they didn't put in any hd cables???  Why even bother with RCA's!!!!  And yea just EBAY a cheap HDMI cable or go to a store and grab the cheapest ones around.

Just get like a 12 dollar HDMI cable. 

" Does the HDMI cable have the extra colored av jacks (green, blue, red) on one side and the hd port on the other, or just the two sides one that goes into the xbox and the other into the tv?  I just got the xbox slim and i'm pretty confused with how to get the hd set up, thanks for any help! "

I don't need another one,  I would just move it from my PS3 to my xbox. They are sitting right next to eachother.

Well I dont have a HDTV so the composite cables are all I need. The lack of HDMI doesn't bother me at all.

" Well I dont have a HDTV so the composite cables are all I need. The lack of HDMI doesn't bother me at all. "

I bet stores pay sony/ms/nintendo to not ship the cables so they can sell them $40 cables.

I paid like £5 for one =/
They're not much at all.

I have way too many HDMI cables. I bought one for my PS3 and one came with my 360. I bought a HDMI splitter when I first bought an HDTV and that came with an HDMI cable. When I first moved into my house I ordered 5 HD cable boxes and all of them came with HDMI cables. I returned 4 of them and now I have 4 extra cables lying around. Oh and I bought 2 15' HDMI cables when I mounted my TV. So that's a total of 10 HDMI cables. 
 
Though as cheap as they are, about $10 a piece right? I'm surprised Microsoft or Sony ships their consoles with one. 
 
@immike: Seriously, I don't think I have a single standard television in my house anymore. Though Reggie from Nintendo said so many times that they don't need HD.

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" 360s have been shipping without HD cables for quite a while now. The elite i bought to replace my '06 pro model didn't have any HD cables in the box. Monoprice.com has cheap cables you can use. Sony didn't ship with HD cables from the start. Its funny because both companies say "Look at our awesome graphics in HD" and they can't do it out of the box. "

As someone else said they very likely leave the cables out so that stores can sell you one. Given that MS and Sony used to make a loss on each console the profit margin for the retailer can't have been that good either, which is why they were rarely ever discounted for anything other than as a loss leader. That's also why you don't get a battery pack, charger, charging cable, remote control etc, the accessories are all higher profit. 
 
Is the new console really that much quieter than the current one? At the moment I install all the games I play to the HD so that I don't get the annoying disc spinning, will it be noticeably better on the new console?