| 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 |
| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | service directly to you. |
| of television system that involves improvements | |
| in both the production and reception of | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| television broadcasts. | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | when the recorder has reached its full |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| In order to receive the signal, the dish must | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| have a direct line of sight to the south through | You can easily control how long programs are |
| a window. However, many types of window | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| it's strongly recommended that you install your | tape using your VCR. |
| satellite dish outside in a suitable location. | |
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