Why Digital Video Recorders Are Awesome
The digital video recorder has to be the best add-on to my TV. Ever since I got connected to the DirectTV Russian package and their new DVR, my TV viewing habits have been altered.
Let me give you a brief example.
If you have not watched television with a DVR, 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 15 minutes!
Then when you start watching the program again, you will have the added bonus of skipping through any commercials that come up. Pass right through them each time they pop up! Sometimes I don’t see a commercial for days.
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 digital video recorder 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 a football game in about half the time.
Finally, I can always see new episodes of my favorite series. For example, new episodes are coming out soon of Friday Night Lights. On the digital video recorder, all I need to do is select the record series option, and every time the show comes on, 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 editions. All of this in beatiful hi def too!
Then, when I have the time to watch television, 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 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.
