If you weren't around before there was even cable service, then you don't remember how ruthless sports broadcasters were with their TV viewers. A person had to schedule their whole life around sports programming, because if they expected any to be on when they just turned on the TV, there just wasn't any.

So when ever there was decent sports programming scheduled, a person had to drop what ever it was that was important in their life and take the time out to watch it. Cable came along and helped out a little, but even they didn't get it, because they refused to accept that true sports fanatics needed allot of sports programming all the time.

Until DirecTV came along, sports fanatics had to fight for every little bit of programming that they could get. Sports fans are a major part of the total viewing population and they have been treated badly by TV programming service providers for years and years. It's no coincidence that DirecTV is the leader in viewing members with well over fifteen-million and still counting and also the leader in sports programming with twenty-five channels devoted entirely to sports programming.

DirecTV even has two sports programming channels that you can't get from any other programming service provider. They feature NCAA Mega March Madness and NFL Sunday Ticket. Dish Network has exclusive rights to telecast these programs and this just shows DirecTV's commitment to sports programming.

So if you are truly into sports, then there is just no other placer to go to other than DirecTV. DirecTV offers more than just than sports programming to its viewing family and they know that the true sports fan needs certain tools to view sports programming correctly. Most people who watch TV programming will sit back and relax and watch their shows and sometimes even take a nap while they are at it.

A sports fanatic sits at the edge of their seat during a good game, with the remote clenched in their hand, talking to the TV set as if it could actually understand what they were saying. For this type of true sports fanatic DirecTV has the top of the line Hughes receiver with digital video recorder Powered by TiVo. With this unit you have several functions right in your hand that give you more input during sporting events.

Slow motion instant replay is one of the functions that you get with this receiver. You can also pause a live sports event to answer the phone or go to the fridge and start it right back up where it left off when you return, with this function.

Zip right past any annoying TV commercials with this function also. TiVo is patented electronics technology and DirecTV has to pay to have it in each and every unit it is installed in, but they know that these functions are an absolute must for the avid sports fan and they are glad to have TiVo there for them. So for your complete sports needs there is virtually no other TV programming service provider that can compete with DirecTV.