Shopping for someone's birthday or special occasion has just gotten so much easier and far more sensible thanks to the good folks at DirecTV. How many times have you gone out to look for a gift for a friend or loved one and walked up and down the isles, hopelessly looking and looking in a futile attempt to find something that you are sure that they would appreciate and make good use of? Then when you do come up with something, they just don't seem to really need what you got them, or they already had something similar.

Isn't it nice though, when you get a loved one a gift for a special occasion and it turns out to be something that they make good use of and it is truly appreciated? Now the good folks at DirecTV make it so easy to do just that and there are several reasons why.

The first reason is that the prices are very reasonable and you have your choice of several programming packages that start out with an introductory entry level economy package and progress up through their mid level packages and finish out with their top programming package.

It's their Total Choice series of packages and they are heralded as the best selection in the industry for the money. It doesn't stop with just the programming though and just wait until you see all that you get from DirecTV in the way of promotional goodies.

To start with they give you a free satellite TV system that comes complete with everything, including the dish and the receiver. It's all installed absolutely free of charge, by DirecTV's own team of in house team of installation experts.

It's all top of the line Hughes electronics components, because that is the only brand that DirecTV uses for their satellite TV systems. There are five models of Hughes receivers that you can select from and they are all loaded to the brim with sensible and easy to use one touch functions.

The Hughes executive receiver, with digital video recorder Powered by TiVo puts instant replay in slow motion in your hand, as one of its functions as well as so many more. DirecTV gives free installation in up to four rooms in a home or business and will even supply all the receivers required to connect up to four separate TVs to satellite and all at no extra charge at all.

There is still more yet, because also in this promotional package DirecTV is going to throw in a free digital camera just for good measure. After you do the math, you will see that you come out way ahead on this deal and who doesn't love to watch great TV programming.

This is a gift that a whole family can share in also. So the next time you are thinking of going out gift shopping for a friend or loved one, why not let the people at DirecTV give you a helping hand, so that you can be sure that they will love your gift when you give it to them.