Every programming service provider claims to have the best programming packages at the best price on the market, but they all cant be right. They all claim that they are the leaders in the industry in one area or another but they all cant be leaders, because if they were all leaders, who is there to follow the leader and leaders need followers to be leaders.



The folks at DirecTV arent concerned with what everyone else is doing, because all they care about is their own services and products for their customers. This is why DirecTV created the Total Choice series of programming packages.

This series of packages is so easy and simple to understand and the choices are so simple to make with Total Choice. It starts off with the Family Choice programming package which is their base level, or introductory package. It has forty great channels of programming and also has all your local standard TV channels on it.

Its all your basic channels, but they are good channels and it is a well blended and balanced programming package. This would be a package that someone might choose if they were on a tight budget, because the price is so low on this package.

DirecTV does not charge for programming package upgrades, so if at any time you would like to add more programming to this base level package, or move up to another package, there is no fee for doing so. The next level of programming package in this series is the Total Choice package and it has a full one-hundred and fifty-five channels of programming in it to choose from.

With this programming package you really start to get into the programming choices. You have your choice of Hughes receivers when you join the DirecTV family of viewers, so you might think of selecting the receiver with the custom menu feature, because it allows you to set up your own menu of your favorite programs, so you dont have to surf through all the channels every time you sit down to watch TV.

DirecTV gives free Sirius satellite radio starting with this programming package and all the others above it. So if you love good music or talk radio then you might take this into consideration.

Above the Total choice programming is the Total Choice Plus package that is packed with one-hundred and eighty-five channels of great programming. Starz Super Pak, HBO and Cinimax are just a few of the great programs that come in this package.

One-hundred and eighty-five channels is a lot of channels, but if you still need more there is the next level up with the Total Choice Premier package and it has an unbelievable two-hundred and fifty channels of programming and you get everything in this package.

DirecTV carries twenty-five channels of sports programming and a few extra sports channels that they have exclusive broadcasting rights to. So if you are into sports and into easy to understand programming packages that dont cost a bundle, DirecTV is your programming service provider.