| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | you own the system, when used with either an |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | analog or HDTV set. |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | The recorder with remote control will also be |
| Listening and many more. | sold without a dish antenna for customers who |
| | already have the service. |
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Houston |
Jersey City |
Charleston |
Detroit |
Jonesboro |
Clifton |
Delray Beach |
Monterey Park |
Fountain Valley |
Dover |
Harrison |
Pompano Beach |
Texarkana |
North Adams |
New Paltz |
Dover |
Port Charlotte |
Lawton |
Evergreen |
Conneaut |
Apopka |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | but with a new name! |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| will have easy access. | when the recorder has reached its full |
| | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | 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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