I Love My New Digital Video Recorder
The digital video recorder has to be the greatest add-on to my TV. Ever since I got hooked up with DirecTV and their new digital video recorder, my television viewing habits have been altered.
Here is an example.
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 hit the pause button. Go make your food, and come back when you’re ready, even if it takes an hour!
Then when you begin viewing the program again, you will have the added advantage of skipping through any commercials that come up. Pass right through them each time they come up! I don’t think I’ve seen a full commercial in three months.
Now here is how to get the most out of a digital video recorder. I don’t even bother channel surfing anymore. I simply set up my DVR to save the programs I like. Even with sports, I set the DVR to record, then I sit down about an hour after the game actually starts. That way, I can fast forward through all the advertisements, 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 my DVR, all I need to do is select the record series choice, and every time the show airs, my DVR finds it night or day, 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 HD 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 Direct TV digital video recorder.
