| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | without videotape, allowing you to |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | automatically record every episode of your |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | instant replays. |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | video recording to give you better |
| home theater system has surround-sound | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| capability. | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| | service directly to you. |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| when the recorder has reached its full | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| You can easily control how long programs are | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| tape using your VCR. | will have easy access. |
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