| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | matter how many receivers you have. |
| Listening and many more. | |
| | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
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Las Vegas |
Denver |
Fort Lauderdale |
Sarasota |
Dayton |
Baton Rouge |
Santa Monica |
Duluth |
Richland |
Wilmington |
Hollywood |
Austin |
Middlesboro |
College Station |
Phenix City |
Vernon |
Great Neck |
Wheeling |
Hillsboro |
Coos Bay |
Old Saybrook |
Canton |
Chillicothe |
Bennington |
Bowie |
Crowley |
Provincetown |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The recorder with remote control will also be |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | sold without a dish antenna for customers who |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | already have the service. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | without videotape, allowing you to |
| | automatically record every episode of your |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | instant replays. |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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