The digital video recorder has to be the best add-on to my television. Ever since I got hooked up with the DirectTV Russian package and their new digital video recorder, my television viewing habits have been altered.
Let me explain what I’m talking about.
If you haven’t ever watched television with a digital video recorder, or a TiVo, you don’t 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 pause the program. Go make your food, and come back when you’re ready, even if it takes 30 minutes!
Then when you begin viewing your program again, you will have the added advantage of fast forwarding through any commercials 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 to get the most out of a digital video recorder. No need to channel surf anymore. I simply set up my DVR to save 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. That way, I can skip 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 DirecTV. On the digital video recorder, all I need to do is select the record series choice, 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 record all of the episodes, or just the first-run editions. All of this in beatiful hi def too!
Then, when I have time to watch television, all of my shows are ready and waiting there for me to watch. No need to rearrange my schedule around the networks, not with my new TiVo and Direct TV.
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.
