At CES, DirecTV and Samsung Electronics unveiled plans to offer DirecTV's more than 19.7 million customers the ability to watch live broadcast and stored content from a compatible DirecTV DVR on Samsung's 2012 line of Smart TVs without the need for additional set-top boxes. The feature is also intended to provide the same user experience and replicate the full user interface (UI) of a DirecTV DVR set-top box.