| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | without videotape, allowing you to |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | automatically record every episode of your |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | instant replays. |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| will have easy access. | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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Austin |
Bronx |
Cleveland |
Riverside |
Trenton |
Jersey City |
Port Huron |
Owings Mills |
Marion |
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Greenville |
Biloxi |
Kilgore |
Savannah |
Oklahoma City |
Bushnell |
Beaver Falls |
Beverly Hills |
Chapel Hill |
Auburn Hills |
Clinton |
San Mateo |
Millbrook |
Brunswick |
Hobbs |
Hernando |
Roosevelt |
West Point |
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| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| home theater system has surround-sound | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
| capability. | |
| | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| one television in a single household to our | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | matter how many receivers you have. |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | |
| same level of programming on these | |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | |
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