The digital video recorder has to be the best add-on to my TV. Ever since I got hooked up with DirectTV and their new digital video recorder, my TV viewing habits have been altered.
Here is how it works.
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 30 minutes!
Then when you start viewing the show again, you will have the added bonus of fast forwarding through any commercials that come up. Pass through them every time they come up! I don’t think I’ve seen a full commercial in three months.
Now here is how I get the most out of my DVR. I don’t surf through channels anymore. I simply set up my DVR to record the shows 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 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 Direct TV. On the digital video recorder, all I have to do is pick the record series option, and each time the show comes on, 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 editions. All of this in beatiful HD 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 TiVo and Direct TV.
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