Do you remember video tapes? For a long time they were the latest technology that was available and just about everyone was using them and some people still do in video cameras. Digital video recording technology has been with us for some time now and it has almost completely replaced video tapes for video recording. The picture is stored digitally inside of the recorder just like it is done in a computer and there are several reasons why it is so much better.

To start with, digital technology completely eliminates the tape that was always a problem and they are so much more reliable in terms of quality and consistency in the actual recording. Now you can record all of your favorite programming digitally with a Hughes DVR receiver that you get for free with the rest of your free satellite system that DirecTV gives you.

It�s so easy to get started, because after you contact DirecTV they do all of the delivery and installation work for free also. As soon as your satellite system is set up, recording with the Hughes Executive DVR receiver or the Hughes high definition DVR receiver is as easy as using a kitchen blender. Hughes receivers are quality built user friendly units, that are full of easy to use one touch features that make finding and recording movies, sports or anything at all so quick and easy.

You need absolutely no technical skills to operate the DVR and even a child can easily learn to record with it. To quickly locate a movie or program simply enter it into the programming search feature and give the button on your remote a click. The movie or program will instantly appear on the TV screen with the time and date it will be showing. If you want to locate any movie that a favorite actor is in, it will do that also if you enter in the actor�s name.

Now that you have located a movie or program that you are looking for, simply give the recording button on the remote a click and your work is done. This all takes less than a minute and it's just as easy as turning on a kitchen appliance. The DVR in the standard format Hughes receiver holds one-hundred hours of recorded material while the Hughes high definition DVR receiver holds one-hundred and twenty-five hours of recorded programming in total. That is one-hundred hours of standard format recording and twenty-five hours of high definition recording, which adds up to over five solid days of recorded material the Hughes HD receiver will hold.

Finding and playing your recorded material is similar to operating a CD player and all that you have to do is press the search button and then the play button on the remote and it�s just that easy. Both the Hughes Executive and high definition receivers come with a litany of other convenient features such as caller ID that is displayed on your screen, custom menu and parental control just to name a few of them. Now you don�t have to miss any of your favorite programming because of your work schedule.