I will echo everyone's comments about getting the PVR. Even though you download everything.. I also download everything but I still use the PVR. I even have an upconverting DVD player with a USB input so its very easy for me to watch whatever I download on my TV (no cd's/dvd's to burn or wires to hook up) and I STILL use the PVR constantly. Once you get it your tv experience will never be the same. Shows look better in HD and its way easier to set your PVR to record a series than to go online and download a show.
As for your question about quality.. I was using component cables before my HDMI ones came in the mail.* Once I switched to HDMI I think the quality was slightly better.. but not so much that I'm convinced its not a figment of my imagination. Maybe if Shaw didn't compress their HD signal so much I would notice a considerable difference.
*if you are ordering cables from monoprice (you should) then order them a good two weeks before you get your box or you will have to wait. Unless you pay extra for express shipping.
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