| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| of television system that involves improvements | without videotape, allowing you to |
| in both the production and reception of | automatically record every episode of your |
| television broadcasts. | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| network channels, other popular networks not | instant replays. |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| movies and special events, and an | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| other systems offers as many quality program | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| options. | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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| 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 |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | tape using your VCR. |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
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