Depending on how many DIRECTV Receivers you have, you can determine how many different DIRECTV Channels you can be watching at any given moment. This means for example that if your youngest daughter wants to watch Bambi, the next in line wants to watch Snow White, the preadolescent wants to watch The Last Starfighter, your teenager wants to watch SHOWTIME® and you and your spouse are interested in watching The Color Purple, everyone can be satisfied at the same time in their own beds (to be sure and sleep well).

Very different from traditional cable television, Satellite TV offered through DIRECTV Receivers can censor whatever you want with different settings for each one. In the case of a family of seven, four DIRECTV Receivers can be geared to only accept rated PG or one PG, one PG-13, one G and one R, while the parent's DIRECTV Receiver goes without limits and accepts the full available service offered with the monthly fee.

Every single one of your television sets will be enslaved to the DIRECTV Receiver it is hooked up to meaning that only one remote is necessary and all the customizing guides and programming guides for channels remain the same. Using only one DIRECTV Satellite TV Receiver is very good for schools, clubs and businesses that intend to show the same movie or channel in different areas throughout a building simultaneously. Just imagine a party where the same video clips are being broadcasted in every single room. Everyone gets to watch the same program with each other while in different locations.

Now that is option, and the DIRECTV Receiver is all about options. If you wish to connect it to a DIRECTV DVR, you could essentially record up to 70 hours worth of programming for personal viewing later on whenever you have time. The DIRECTV Receiver was designed to make life more convenient and better our way of life.