| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| network channels, other popular networks not | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| movies and special events, and an | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| other systems offers as many quality program | you own the system, when used with either an |
| options. | analog or HDTV set. |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | video recording to give you better |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| | service directly to you. |
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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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