I was with Cogeco cable for a very long time and switched to Bell satellite about 3 years ago. I've had the HD PVR all along. Let me be blunt and trust me......RENT THE EQUIPMENT. I'm on my third receiver at this point and each time it was because of the hard drive. It may be better now that you can buy the receiver, 61XX I think and add your own external, but I like the dual tuner, dual TV feature on the 92XX series. Picture quality seems a bit better to me on the satellite but I've never seen them side by each. We switched to a bundle with Bell to get a better rate, but I'm not happy with the Internet service at all and will be switching that and phone back to cable after Christmas.
