| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| but with a new name! | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | Listening and many more. |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
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Houston |
Philadelphia |
Fort Myers |
San Diego |
Tacoma |
Abilene |
Chandler |
Clinton Township |
Glendale |
Herndon |
Longwood |
Sulphur Springs |
Ithaca |
Alexandria |
Lafayette |
Troy |
Concord |
Roseville |
Fairfield |
Statesville |
Schenectady |
Evergreen |
Pembroke Pines |
Stone Mountain |
Albany |
Shelton |
Hohenwald |
Selinsgrove |
Stuart |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
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| If you choose an HDTV set without a | DIRECTV combines America's favorite |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | network channels, other popular networks not |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | available from many cable services, a pay per |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | view movie service with up to 55 choices of |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | movies and special events, and an |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No |
| you own the system, when used with either an | other systems offers as many quality program |
| analog or HDTV set. | options. |
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