When you join the DirecTV family of TV viewers by signing an extended TV programming agreement you will receive among other things, a free top of the line Hughes satellite TV system and Hughes is DirecTV's exclusive brand that they carry. It�s a complete system, so there is no need for you to buy anything, because it also comes completely installed at no cost to you at all. DirecTV's own in house teams of installation specialists always do an expert installation job and all of their work is guaranteed.

You get your choice of several different models of Hughes receivers, if you want one other than the one that comes free to you with your satellite TV system and there are several feature options for you to choose from as well. Their base level, forty channel Family Choice programming package comes with a solid and durable Hughes receiver that is called the Hughes Director.

It only has a one-hundred and twenty-five channel capacity, because that is more than you will need with their entry level package even if you add on every extra channel option that they have, so its plenty of receiver for this package. It also doesn't have all the functions, such as custom menu and programming search function that you would need with a larger quantity of channels.

For programming packages with more channels in them, they have the Hughes Executive model receiver that comes with your satellite TV system and it has the extra features that you need with the larger number of channels. Features such as custom menu option, for creating your own menu of your favorite channels that you can refer to instead of having to sort through all your channel options on the main menu, every time you turn on your TV.

All of the Hughes receivers have a fool proof parental control function to help you control your parents when they stop by your place and want to click through your channels to see if you have any of DirecTV's adult programming on the TV. The Hughes Executive model receiver also has the option of DVR and DVR powered by TiVo for your own slow motion instant replays. The Hughes standard definition DVR has one-hundred hours of memory in it and that adds up to over four solid days of recording time.

They have two models of Hughes high definition receivers that they stock and the first one is a base model that comes with no DVR and limited features. The other high definition receiver that they carry is a deluxe model that comes loaded down with features and also has DVR installed in it.

You get your choice of standard DVR or DVR Powered by TiVo with this model and it also has a total of one-hundred and twenty-five hours in its DVR memory. It holds twenty-five hours of high definition recording and one-hundred hours of standard recording in its memory. You can find out more about the Hughes receivers that DirecTV carries, by contacting them online.