It takes a lot to be the top provider of premium sports programming in the TV programming industry and DirecTV does all of it. Maybe this is why they also have the largest family of viewers of any TV programming service provider with twelve million people turning on their TVs to DirecTV programming every day.

If you are into sports then you know that instant slow motion replay is a must have function on your receiver, yet not all TV programming service providers make it available to their viewers. TiVo is a fantastic option that DirecTV give you for your Top of the line Hughes receiver and it does more than just instant slow motion replays. It also allows you to zip right past TV commercials in mere seconds and get right back to the game you were watching with just the touch of a button.

With TiVo you don't have to run to do anything any more when a game is on, because with the touch of a button you can stop any game or event and then pick it back up right where you stopped it when you return to the TV and all at the simple touch of a button on your remote. DirecTV has twenty-five premium sports channels that come in their Total Choice programming packages and there is a big difference between premium and non premium sports channels.

Some TV programming service providers claim to have lots of sports programming channels and they do, but they are non premium sports channels that are a lot less expensive for them to buy to supply to their viewers. This is why when you surf through their sports channels you might have a nice selection of events such as table tennis, dart competition and midget mud wrestling, just to name a few of the fascinating events that these channels might feature.

DirecTV has even secured exclusive rights to two premium sports channels that you just can't get from any other TV programming service provider. They are NFL Sunday Ticket and the other channel is NCAA Mega March Madness and these are two channels that you can add onto any of DirecTV's programming packages, if the twenty-five premium channels aren't enough for you.

They both feature nonstop NFL and NCAA sanctioned games as well as games in Europe and lots and lots of exciting and provocative commentary and debate along with exclusive one on one interviews with all the leading sports figures on both the college and professional level. The football season is approaching fast so if you want to make sure that you have every game and plenty of great interviews to watch, then this would be the channel to add onto your Total Choice programming package.

The Hughes Executive receiver has a feature that is great to use with the DVR and it is called the programming search function. To find any program you are interested in, you simply enter it into the function by name and give the button on the remote a click and it instantly appears on your screen with the date and time it is playing.

Just give the recording button a click and it is set to record and if it is rescheduled, the DVR reschedules right along with it and it still gets recorded. You can even program the DVR in the Hughes receiver to record a whole series of events. If you are into sports then it will be well worth your time to contact DirecTV online to learn more about all that they have to offer.