| 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 will accept a wide variety of | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | instant replays. |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| | 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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Wichita |
West Palm Beach |
Rockford |
Williamsburg |
Denver |
Cape Coral |
Irvine |
Hartsville |
Chino |
Conroe |
Lexington |
Brooklyn |
Andover |
Woonsocket |
Limon |
Boca Raton |
National City |
Solomons |
Hopkinsville |
Kingston |
Wheatland |
Mendota |
Lemoore |
Glendora |
Union City |
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| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | when the recorder has reached its full |
| | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| one television in a single household to our | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | You can easily control how long programs are |
| same level of programming on these | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | tape using your VCR. |
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