When we had comcast I didn't DVR very often, and it would get full. With Directv not only is the DVR awesome, but the storage capacity is crazy. I literally have 18 series recording reguarly, and so much other stuff we click on and it is only 4% full. Ashley has like 16 episodes of Planet Earth she hasn't watched and with Comcast I could only store say 3-4 of those before it would fill up.