All of the leading satellite TV programming service providers will give you a free complete satellite TV system when you sign an extended TV programming agreement with them and this also includes DirecTV. The people at DirecTV like to think that that the Hughes brand of satellite TV systems and components are of a higher quality then the other systems that their competitors have to offer you and upon close examination it was determined that they may be correct.

To start with, they pay more for their Hughes satellite TV systems and components and as a general rule of thumb, you really do get whet you pay for in home electronics components. There is still more evidence there though to validate their claims though and the fact is that Hughes systems carry more features that you will find in their competitors satellite systems and receivers.

One thing that many of their competitors don�t offer with their satellite receivers is DVR Powered by TiVo and for sports enthusiasts this is a much desired option to have in a satellite receiver. It�s the function that gives you instant slow motion replay, as well as the ability to stop and then restart a game or program right where it left off and this is a handy function to have for bathroom or fridge runs during a game or movie.

The third function that DVR Powered by TiVo performs is giving you the ability to skip right past any commercials that come on during games. DirecTV is commercial free, but sports events do have commercials that the broadcasters put in them themselves and these are where this function comes in handy.

Because Hughes systems and components are more expensive for DirecTV to carry, they don't give away their high definition receivers for free with their high definition programming. This is because a high definition receiver is a very complex and high tech piece of equipment and a good quality high definition receiver, such as a Hughes receiver, is quite expensive.

DirecTV doesn't charge the full cost of the recover though and you are only required to pay a nominal amount to help offset the expense of the unit. It is important to bear in mind that once you are given a satellite TV system by a satellite TV service provider it is your to own and even though it will come with a warranty, once the warranty runs out it is your baby if it begins to malfunction, as home electronics components quite often do.

Satellite receivers and especially high definition satellite receivers are very complex pieces of electronics gear and you would be well advised to do your best to see to it that you acquire the highest quality equipment that you can get when you set out to get yourself set up with satellite TV programming. The more feature and functions that there are in a receiver, then the more things that there are to go wrong and this is the main reason why DirecTV chose Hughes Electronics to be their exclusive supplier of satellite TV systems and components.