| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
| | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | when the recorder has reached its full |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| Listening and many more. | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| | 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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Philadelphia |
San Antonio |
Charlotte |
Boston |
Dothan |
Cedar Rapids |
Wichita Falls |
Gainesville |
Clinton |
Ithaca |
Jacksonville |
Humble |
Collierville |
Vacaville |
Coral Gables |
Augusta |
Cody |
Carlsbad |
Columbia |
Taos |
East Liverpool |
Hampton |
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| DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| latest advancement in their technology - a | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| satellite receiver that combines access to | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| programming with their Digital Video | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| If you choose an HDTV set without a | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | will have easy access. |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | |
| you own the system, when used with either an | |
| analog or HDTV set. | |
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