There is so much that television has to offer today, when you have satellite television service there are all types of sports packages that can be ordered, movie channels, and local channels and there are so many programs that are broadcast in HD.
Then there is HD, this is digital signals that are sent to the receiver and to the television that will appear in the clearest pictures that have ever been transmitted to a television set.
Then there is surround sound and added to an HD television makes it like being at the movies no matter what channel your watching unless it is a sports channel then the game, race or match is like sitting in the stands. That makes it all worth it alone but then add it to the fact that within the next year the local channels will no longer be broadcast in analog which means unless you have a digital television or have a special receiver there will be no television.
Then there is the Direct TV DVR receivers that can record hours of programs, they can even record entire seasons of a favorite program and they are also capable of recording the game that was transmitted in HD.
Then there is all the channels that can be seen, the days of three or four local channels is over and today with a digital television and a service provider there are literally hundreds of channels.
This is what television has to offer today, programs any time of day or night, in surround sound or not and in HD or not but always a high quality transmission meaning the programs are clear.