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The digital video recorder has to be the greatest add-on to my television. 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 an example.

If you haven’t ever watched TV with a DVR, or a TiVo, you don’t know what you are missing. You have complete 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 watching the show again, you will have the added advantage of fast forwarding through any advertisements that come up. Zip through them each time they pop up! Sometimes I don’t see a commercial for days.

Now here is how to get the most out of a digital video recorder. I don’t surf through channels 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. For example, new episodes are coming out soon of Friday Night Lights. On my DVR, all I need to do is select the record series choice, 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 record all of the episodes, or just the first-run editions. All of this in beatiful HD 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 U-Verse and Verizion Fios have also begun to offer DVR service, satellite TV companies like DIRECTV pioneered the product.

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