Trittons/HDMI/Best Buy

Mailed off my Tritton headphones today.  I am going to miss them.  Going back to the old way is going to suck.  I hope they get them fixed and back to me quickly. 

I discovered today that my monitor has a dvi slot.  Somewhere I read that I can hook up my Elite to it with the hdmi cord.  Do I still have to use the vga cord or does the hdmi cord completely replace it?

I just found out that Best Buy has two years same as cash on televisions $999 and up.  Very tempting.  I must be strong.