Blending High Definition and Standard TV Programming with DirecTV

Sep 14
07:46

2007

David Johnson

David Johnson

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Many people approach a TV service provider with the simple assumption that they are going to get a programming package and be done with it. The idea o...

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Many people approach a TV service provider with the simple assumption that they are going to get a programming package and be done with it. The idea of blending in other programming or channel choices just doesn’t really enter their mind or they have the false impression that it will all be too expensive.

 

 Because DirecTV has so many choices in the programming that they offer,Blending High Definition and Standard TV Programming with DirecTV Articles they have made everything so easy to mix and blend. While other programming service providers offer just one high definition programming package that contains all of their high definition TV programming, DirecTV offers several mini packages of high definition programming and even has many high definition channels that you can add on individually.

 

They have twenty high definition channels in total, so that gives you a lot to select from. If you are only interested in high definition movie programming for instance DirecTV has Universal HD that features classic movies in high definition and for more recent movies they have the HDNet Movies high definition package.

 

 For science and nature programming they have Discovery HD Theater. DirecTV also carries major network programming channels in high definition that can be added to your package as well and they include NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. If you are only interested in high definition sports programming you can add on ESPN HD and or ESPN2 HD.

 

 DirecTV even has foreign language programming that can be added onto your programming package if you are interested in studying a second language such as Spanish. If you are interested in specialized ultra-premium sports programming, you can also add on one of the exclusive sports programming channels that DirecTV has broadcasting rights to.

 

They are NCAA Mega March Madness and NFL Sunday Ticket and they both contain sports programming that is completely unavailable from any other source other than DirecTV. Its so easy to choose a programming package, because they start out with an economically priced entry level package called Total Choice and it contains one-hundred and fifty channels of a great blend of TV programming.

 

 The next level up in programming packages is Total Choice Plus which has thirty more channels that Total Choice. Total Choice Premier is their largest programming package and it contains two-hundred and fifty channels. It has four separate movie packages and DirecTV’s twenty-five premium sports channels as well.

 

 DirecTV also gives you several choices in Hughes receivers that thy carry and they also come with a wide variety of feature options for you to choose from. Their basic entry Total Choice package comes with a free Hughes Director receiver that doesn’t have all the feature options that their other receivers carry.

 

 There is no service charge for upgrading your receiver of service package, so moving up to the Hughes Executive receiver is an easy option to take at any time during the duration of your TV programming agreement. The Hughes Executive receiver also has the option of DVR as one of its many features as well.