The digital video recorder has to be the best add-on to my TV. Ever since I got connected to the Direct TV Russian package and their top of the line digital video recorder, my television viewing habits have been altered.

Let me give you a brief example.

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 show, and all of the sudden you realize that you are starving, you can just hit the pause button. Go make a snack, and come back when you’re ready, even if it takes 15 minutes!

Then when you start watching your program again, you will have the added bonus of skipping through any commercials that come up. Pass right through them each time they come up! Some days I don’t even see a single commercial.

Now here is how I recommend getting the most out of a DVR setup. I don’t even like to channel surf anymore. I simply set up my DVR to record the shows 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.

Lastly, I can always see new episodes of my favorite series. An example, new episodes are coming out soon of Friday Night Lights. On my DVR, all I have to do is pick the record series option, and every 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 crystal clear hi def 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 DirecTV DVR.

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.

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