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Originally Posted by transplant99
I much prefer DLP over Plasma when getting into the bigger screens.
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Just make sure you aren't one of the 10% of people who sees the "rainbow effect" when watching a DLP. Best way to tell is to throw in something with a lot of greys, like "Sin City."
The question of TV is extremely broad. What kind of budget are you working with? What size are you thinking of? How much use is this TV going to get? Would you be willing to spend an extra $1000 on a better TV?
The only broad recommendation I can make is stay away from anything that has "EDTV" anywhere in the description. You will often see it on lower end plasma TV's. Keep in mind that just because it's plasma doesn't mean that it is good. With HDTV coming into full swing, there is no point in buying a TV that can't handle it.
Some people will argue that point saying that it looks good to them. And when I run HDTV through my non-HD television I can see a big difference as well. But for Superbowl we brought in a true HDTV and set it side byside with my non-HD TV. What I thought was "good" on my old TV looked just washed out compared to true HD.
As for buying vs. renting the Shaw box, look at the costs, and how long you plan on using the box. If you don't plan on moving east of Manitoba any time soon; I would say buy it. In fact I highly recommend buying the HD box before the TV; because there is no point in buying an HD TV and not having any HD content to watch. However getting the Shaw HD box will give you better picture on your current TV on the HD channels, as well as Dolby Digital sound on your amp; assuming you have that set up already.