The coolest thing about DirecTV
Saturday, July 26, 2008 by Dave Winer.
At first it was a little unsettling getting used to a new way of watching TV, but I'm beginning to like the way DirecTV works. The coolest feature so far is the ability to program the DVR over the web. I don't know if Comcast has this, I never found it (if it does), but it works really intuitively on DirecTV. 
Here's a screen shot (click for a larger version):
Clicking the Record to Receiver button does what you think it would: it sends a message from their server to the DVR to add Mad Men to the schedule for tomorrow at 10PM.
I'll let you know if it works. 
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