| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| of television system that involves improvements | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| in both the production and reception of | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| television broadcasts. | video recording to give you better |
| | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | service directly to you. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| | programming with their Digital Video |
| | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
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| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| Listening and many more. | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | when the recorder has reached its full |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| | You can easily control how long programs are |
| | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| | tape using your VCR. |
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