| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | without videotape, allowing you to |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | automatically record every episode of your |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| | instant replays. |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | |
| network channels, other popular networks not | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| movies and special events, and an | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| other systems offers as many quality program | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| options. | |
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San Antonio |
Cincinnati |
Los Angeles |
Vancouver |
New York |
Easton |
Jackson |
Piscataway |
West Orange |
Miles City |
Ainsworth |
Gatlinburg |
Alexandria |
Siloam Springs |
Coon Rapids |
Oregon |
Pocomoke City |
Alameda |
Eau Claire |
Saginaw |
Long Beach |
Riviera Beach |
Vestal |
Brigham City |
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| The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| | a window. However, many types of window |
| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| matter how many receivers you have. | |
| | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| when the recorder has reached its full | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | home theater system has surround-sound |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | capability. |
| 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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