Use Your DVR To Control Your Television
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
The DVR has to be the greatest add-on to my television. Ever since I got hooked up with DirectTV and their new DVR, my TV viewing habits have changed.
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 all the programming you decide to watch. If you are watching a program, and all of the sudden you realize that you are starving, you can just hit the pause button. Go make your food, and come back when you’re ready, even if it takes 30 minutes!
Then when you begin viewing the program again, you will have the added bonus of fast forwarding through any commercials that come up. Zip 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 I really use my DVR. I don’t even bother channel surfing anymore. I simply set up my digital video recorder to record the shows I like. Even with sports programming, 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.
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 need to do is select the record series choice, and every time the show comes on, my 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 beatiful HD 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.
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