If you are not familiar with the Digital Video Recorder or TiVo unit then you have the only good excuse for not already owning them! First of all, the TiVo and Digital Video Recorder (referred to as the DVR) come free with the package of free satellite equipment that are installed with DirecTV�s free professional installation. So before we get into the awesome features of TiVo and the DVR you already know that you won�t be spending anything extra to get these! The TiVo and DVR units work together so that you can view television in a whole new way. One amazing feature of the combination is the ability to pause and rewind live television. It may sound impossible, although once you understand how it is done it makes perfect sense. The DVR and TiVo units, you get from DirecTV, actually save all of the shows and programs, that play on your channels, temporarily on the DVR as the shows and programs are being aired. This way, in a sense, you are pausing or rewinding a recorded program much like you would using a VCR. One additional bonus with this system is the ability to fast forward through the already recorded programs. Basically, the way that it is set up, whenever you pause live television you are, in a sense, saving up time for when the next commercial break comes on. As your television is paused, live television keeps airing of course, and as live television keeps going your TiVo and DVR keep recording (even when the program you are watching is paused). The result is that you can fast forward from the point you paused it all the way up until you reach the point of the program that is being aired live. That way, every time you get up to go the restroom or get up to get a snack or drink you are saving up fast forward time for commercial breaks. Add up all of that paused time and that is how much time in commercial breaks that you can fast forward through.

DirecTV not only offers the TiVo and DVR unit, they offer the TiVo and DVR units for free when you sign up! Actually DirecTV offers a lot of great features and deals to those who sign up for a monthly package. For instance, DirecTV offers all of the necessary equipment such as the satellite dish, and a Hughes satellite receiver, as well as the luxury equipment such as the TiVo and DVR for free with certain packages. DirecTV also requires no start up fee whatsoever and with the free equipment they offer a 100% free professional installation. To top it all off, DirecTV extends the free equipment and professional installation to free equipment and installation in up to four rooms in your home. What makes this value so amazing is that DirecTV has programming packages with monthly rates comparable to cable monthly rates. Considering DirecTV�s other awesome features like parental controls, and of course their fantastic and well renowned customer service, you really can not go wrong with DirecTV.