Benefits of a DirecTV DVR

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The digital video recorder has to be the greatest add-on to my television. Ever since I got hooked up with the DirectTV Russian package and their new digital video recorder, my TV viewing habits have changed.

Here is how I do it.

If you have not watched television with a TiVo or a DVR, you do not know what you are missing. You have total control over everything you decide to watch. If you are watching a program, and all of the sudden you realize that you are hungry, you can just hit the pause button. Go make your food, and then come back when you are ready, even if it takes an hour!

Then when you begin viewing your program again, you will have the added advantage of fast forwarding through any advertisements that come up. Zip through them every time they pop up! Sometimes I don’t see a commercial for days.

Now here is how to get the most out of a DVR. I don’t surf through channels anymore. I simply set up my DVR to record the shows I like. Even with watching football, I set the DVR to record, then I sit down about an hour after the game actually starts. This way, I can fast forward through all the commercials, and watch a football game in about half the time.

Lastly, I can always see new episodes of my favorite series. One example: New episodes are coming out soon of Friday Night Lights on Direct TV. On my DVR, all I need to do is pick the record series option, and each time the show airs, my Direct TV DVR finds it day or night, and saves it for me. I can set it to save all of the episodes, or just the first-run episodes. All of this in high definition too!

Then, when I have time to watch TV, all of my shows are waiting there for me to watch, minus the commercials of course. No need to rearrange my schedule around the networks, not with my new Direct TV digital video recorder.

While other companies like AT&T U-verse and Verizion Fios have also begun to offer DVR service, satellite TV companies like DIRECTV pioneered the product.