Directtv HD DVR Helps You Control Your TV Experience

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Technology )



The advent of DVR video technology now gives you the ability to exercise greater control over your television experience. Those who watch live HDTV satellite broadcasts through Directtv HD DVRs may not realize that the units will record everything they receive from the Direct TV HD receivers before they pass the signals to the TV. You are actually looking at what the DVR recorded a few seconds earlier. That tiny delay allows you to do many things with the playback.

You can pause the playback while you watch a program through the Directtv HD DVR deck. The unit will continue recording the actual program. When you resume playback, you continue right from where you dropped off. Similarly, the Directtv HD DVR can deliver high-definition, near real time slow motion to you. It is even possible for you to skip any commercials recorded in the DVR by activating its smart scan feature.

However, a Directtv HD DVR is capable of more things. Since the unit comes with a 250GB hard drive, you can record up to 200 hours of standard programs in your Directtv HD DVR, particularly if it has the mpeg-4 compression system. But if you record HD broadcasts from HDTV satellite channels, you can store only 35 hours.

If you're particularly busy and cannot watch your favorite TV programs real-time, you will not miss any episode with the use of your Directtv HD DVR. You can link your unit with the programming services function. The service helps you create customized channels containing only the shows you want. You simply choose which shows you prefer from the program guide; the service will program your DVR to automatically record the shows, so you can view them at your convenience.

Note that you program the DVR to record by actual show, not by time (as in a VCR).


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