Direct TV Tivo

What Is Tivo?
Not too long ago, in order to record a favorite TV show or movie if you weren't going to be home, you would have had to search around for a blank tape, program the VCR, and then hope it worked. And if you wanted to record something while you watched another program, figuring out how to do so was difficult at best.

Now, however, there's Tivo. Tivo is a type of digital video recorder that works to record television shows onto a hard drive for easy viewing when it's convenient later on. The Tivo connects to the TV set and satellite receiver, and users program it to record shows. Tivo is easier to use than a VCR, which is pretty much obsolete now, and has more features. In addition, it's much easier to access the shows you have saved.

How Do I Get Tivo?
If you have Direct TV, they have a variety of packages for Tivo. If you order the service through Direct TV, they will usually include the equipment and installation, depending on the promotion going on at the time. In order to get Tivo from Direct TV, you will need to order their premium package.

Direct TV's Tivo system is nice as it is part of their DVR package, so you can get DVR capabilities at the same time as Tivo.

Additional Tivo units for other television sets are generally extra, unless Direct TV is offering a promotion for more than one room to be set up with Tivo.

Features
If you're an avid television watcher or you have a few favorite shows you don't want to miss, you won't know how you lived without Tivo.

In addition to storing shows on a hard drive, which makes it easier to access and holds much more than a VCR tape, Tivo also makes intelligent decisions about what to record, depending on what you program into it. For example, with Tivo you don't need to program that you want to record a particular show each and every designated night; instead, you can enter the name of the show into the Tivo, and it will then find and record each episode of that show, no matter when it airs. You can also opt to just record the new shows at a particular time.

Another feature of Tivo allows you to enter keywords based on subject, actors, or directors, and the Tivo will seek them out and record them, even if you don't know the name of the program. For example, you can enter "Julia Roberts" into the Tivo and it will automatically find and record all movies in which she stars in. Or, if you enjoy movies about World War Two, you can enter "World War Two" into the Tivo and it will record all movies with that subject matter as well.

Tivo is also an intelligent choice because most satellites come with hundreds of channels, but it's impossible to be able to see everything you want to see due to schedules, conflicting times, etc. Tivo allows users to take full advantage of all the channels they're paying for, so they can record shows while they're away or while they're watching another one.

For people who want the option of recording their favorite television programs or movies while they're away from the set or while they're watching something else, Direct TV's Tivo systems allow them to do so.