Direct TV offers a number of features that will change the way you watch TV. The first, and most obvious feature, is the huge number of channels that you'll have access to with a subscription. With all of those channels to choose from, there will always be something interesting and compelling to watch. Another feature, that's not quite as obvious but just as important, is the selection of programming packages you'll have to choose from when you first sign up. If you're on a budget or simply don't need that many channels, you can sign up for Family Choice which consists of over forty of the best family friendly channels available today.

If you're more interested in having plenty of choices, you'll be able to choose among Total Choice, Total Choice Plus, and Total Choice Premier. Total Choice has over one hundred and fifty channels that include local channels, movie channels, sports channels, channels devoted to children's programming, educational programming, news channels, comedy, and much more. Direct TV's Total Choice Plus adds thirty channels onto the huge number of channels offered by Total Choice. Total Choice Premier adds over thirty channels of movie and a bunch of sports channels onto the channels provided by Total Choice Plus for a grand total of two hundred and fifty channels.

Besides lots of channels, Direct TV changes the way you watch TV in some more unexpected ways with the technology it offers. For example, Direct TV's on screen program guide virtually eliminates the need to channel surf by providing information about all of the programs that you have access to in an easy to use interactive listing. You can read plot summaries of each movie and learn about the themes of each TV show in order to decide if it's something you want to watch. Once you decide which program you want to watch, you can go directly to that channel with the click of a button. The on screen program guide will even show you what programs will be available in the immediate future so you can plan ahead.

Special Parental Control software from Direct TV will allow you to control the way your kids watch TV too. That's because Parental Controls will allow you to block your children from accessing every movie with specific MPAA ratings, specific TV shows that you don't approve of, or even entire channels. Parental Controls can even save you money by placing caps on how much money can be spent on pay per view features. None of these restrictions will effect the way you watch TV though, because they can be turned off just by entering a specific password.

A really unexpected way that Direct TV changes the way you enjoy TV is by allowing the passengers in your car to watch it while traveling! Thanks to the TracVision AF satellite antenna and Direct TV's Total Choice Mobile programming package, you keep your passengers occupied and content almost anywhere you go. The TracVision AF can be integrated with any vehicle's video system and Direct TV's Total Choice Mobile gives you access to over one hundred and fifty of your family's favorite channels.

Of course Direct TV offers more mainstream ways to get more out of your television service as well. High definition television, or HDTV, can turn your home entertainment center into a home theater with its wide screen high resolution picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. All of these elements combine to draw you into the programming and make you feel like you're part of the scene.

All of these great features prove that Direct TV has everything you need to get more out of your television watching experience.