High Definition TV and no HD box?

I have a friend. Let's call him Mr. Deprived. Mr. Deprived was telling us about all about his wonderful new 67" HD TV. Watching movies, weekly programming and your favorite sports channel on a 67" HD TV would be truly awesome, especially with all the growing list of HD programming available on digital cable and satellite.

But then, Mr. Deprived mentioned that he didn't have an HD cable box or sat box. "huh? Ya right, you don't... Why would you have a 67" HD TV and no HD tuner?"

I have a 50" HD TV with Shaw HD Digital cable. Compare it to normal programming, it's night and day. Now when I turn on the TV, I immediately search the HD channels first for something that I like, and watch it in HD.

If you have an HD TV, and you have yet to upgrade your box to HD, you need to hit the Tim Hortons drive thru, buy yourself a coffee and box of timbits, and head over to your local Future Shop. Plunk yourself down on the couch and watch some of their HD. After you do, stand up, slap yourself a couple times, and walk over and pick up an HD tuner.

Let's talk about PVR now. When I first got my PVR, I wondered if I would ever use it. Now that I've had it for a year, I don't know what I would do without it. I don't watch a whole lot of TV, usually because it's not convenient to catch my favorite programs when they air. No problem. Find the program in the program guide, select series record, and the PVR will record all episodes of your favorite program for you to watch on a Friday night. Watch sports? When Gagner makes his triple-head bob shootout goal to win the game, you can hit rewind/play and watch it 4 times if you like. Need to take a leak, but don't want to leave the tv set? Hit pause, do your b'iness, and come back and hit play.

Back to Mr. Deprived. Mr. Deprived thinks that an HD tuner would be great. Well Mr. Deprived, I'm here to reinforce your thoughts and, despite any outside forces that say you don't need it, you must look at the precious 67" TV minutes you are wasting in Low Def without a very necessary HD tuner. You are doing your 67" of 1080p a major disservice by not having one.

Your HD Support Team