The digital video recorder has to be the best add-on to my TV. Ever since I got connected to DirecTV and their top of the line DVR, my television viewing habits have been altered.
Here is an example.
If you have not watched television with a TiVo or a DVR, you do not know what you are missing. You have complete control over all the programming you decide to watch. If you are watching a program, and all of the sudden you realize that you are starving, you can just hit the pause button. Go make your food, and come back when you’re ready, even if it takes an hour!
Then when you start watching the program again, you will have the added bonus of fast forwarding through any advertisements that come up. Pass right through them each time they pop up! Some days I don't even see a single commercial.
Now here is how I get the most out of my digital video recorder setup. I don't even like to channel surf anymore. I simply set up my DVR to save the programs I like. Even when watching football, I set the digital video recorder, then I sit down about an hour after the game actually starts. That way, I can skip through all the commercials, and watch the game in half the time.
Finally, I can always see new episodes of my favorite series. An example, new episodes are coming out soon of Friday Night Lights on Direct TV. On the digital video recorder, all I have to do is select the record series option, and every time the show comes on, my digital video recorder 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 beatiful hi def too!
Then, when I have the time to watch TV, all of my favorite shows are ready and waiting there for me to watch. No need to rearrange my schedule around the networks, not with my new DirecTV digital video recorder.
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