| DIRECTV has created a programming service | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | of television system that involves improvements |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | in both the production and reception of |
| | television broadcasts. |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
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New York |
Cincinnati |
Columbus |
Raleigh |
Lincoln |
Glendale |
Palm Harbor |
Waco |
Macon |
Plantation |
Southgate |
Hendersonville |
Pleasanton |
Culpeper |
Bloomington |
Mount Vernon |
Jeffersonville |
Raton |
Arnold |
Arroyo Grande |
Wadsworth |
Murray |
Aiken |
Brunswick |
Winnsboro |
Gray |
Mexico |
Lodi |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| when the recorder has reached its full | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | |
| You can easily control how long programs are | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | without videotape, allowing you to |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | automatically record every episode of your |
| tape using your VCR. | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| | instant replays. |
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