Aside from all the greet programming you will be receiving from DirecTV when you join their family of satisfied TV viewers, you will also be receiving a top of the line name brand satellite system from them. Its a Hughes satellite system and it will cost you absolutely nothing. The installation is free also and is done by DirecTV s own in house team of installation experts.



Hughes is a recognized leader in the field of satellite TV system manufacturers and they have a long standing track record for quality and reliability. This is the reason that DirecTV chose Hughes as their exclusive brand of satellite TV components that they carry.

The satellite TV receiver is an integral component of the complete satellite system and they come with a wide variety of features and functions for you to choose from. All of the Hughes receivers that DirecTV carries are top of the line units, starting with the sturdy and functional Hughes Director receiver that comes with their entry level programming packages.

With fewer functions and a one-hundred and twenty-five channel capacity, it works just fine with the fewer channels that come in an economical entry level package. This is just one reason that DirecTV is able to provide their entry level programming package to their customers at such a bargain basement rate.

If you move up to a programming package with more channel choices, you will be needing functions like the custom menu feature that comes with the Hughes Executive receiver. The custom menu function allows you to set up your own menu of all your favorite programming channels, so you dont have to surf through all the channels that you have available, every time you turn on your TV set.

The Hughes Executive receiver also comes with a digital video recorder installed inside of it and it has a full one-hundred hour memory capacity. The programming search function teamed up with the DVR make for loads of fun with this sleek, low profile unit. Other standard features that come with this receiver are a fool proof parental control function and instant caller ID among others.

DirecTV is the leader in sports programming, with twenty-five channels devoted exclusively to sports, along with some extra sports channels that they have exclusive broadcasting rights to. So a lot of DirecTV sports fans opt for the Hughes Executive receiver with DVR Powered by TiVo.

This is the receiver that has all the great functions that a true sports fanatic really needs. Instant replay in slow motion is there and so is real time, stop and restart function, that allows you to stop a program and come back to it and it will start back up right where you left off.

DirecTV also has two models of Hughes high definition receivers. One is a basic model that comes without the DVR function and the other is basically the same model, but it comes with DVR powered by TiVo. One difference in the standard and high definition Hughes receivers, is that the standard programming receiver has one-hundred hours of memory in its DVR and the high definition receiver has twenty-five hours of memory.