shawhd cable box ..help

chris1985

i just bought a 42 inch sharp 1080p lcd tv and all i have is basic shaw cable....the guy at futureshop said i needed a shaw HD terminal or the picture will look worse than a 30$ tuve tv... so i bought one for 430$ .... is this a good product?? will i get every channel in HD?? im a complete newbie to the HDTV world ...or should i get satelite??


here is the cable box i bought


any help is appreciated

Thanks

chris1985

any help relating to hdtv's are a help...i need all the help i can get...lol

chris1985

here is the box i bought.....


http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN

Sonny300

Chris: Neither cable or satelite will give you all channels in HD. Here in BC for example, channels 200-221 and some pay channels are in HD. The rest are digital. You will pay an extra $9.00 per month for those HD channels. Personally, I find it worthwhile. Try it and see how you like it. If you aren`t satisfied, take the terminal back.

netreg

Hey Chris - welcome to the world of High Def... you're well on your way to becoming an HD snob!
I've had HD for just over 18 months now, with Shaw, and am very impressed still everytime I watch a hockey or football game. I did have some issues with some earlier boxes, and don't be afraid to call Shaw for support - they are actually very good.
I would, however, go back to Future Shop and upgrade to the HD-PVR.
For a couple hundred bucks, you get the ability to 'pause' live TV (it rocks to pause the Canucks game to go check on my kids, and not lose a second) as well as tape over 30 hours of High-Def TV to watch when you please - plus you get to fast forward through the commercials. It's almost Tivo (but Tivo won't do HD in Canada yet).
Check it out!