| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | |
| | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| network channels, other popular networks not | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| movies and special events, and an | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | home theater system has surround-sound |
| other systems offers as many quality program | capability. |
| options. | |
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Las Vegas |
Orlando |
New Orleans |
Colorado Springs |
Dayton |
Canton |
Tulsa |
Flushing |
Little Rock |
Cary |
Birmingham |
Thomasville |
Waterville |
Lynchburg |
Fort Myers Beach |
Memphis |
Cadillac |
Hillsboro |
Kingman |
Jonesboro |
Antioch |
Silver City |
Ellisville |
Frankfort |
Monticello |
Massapequa Park |
Irmo |
Jonestown |
Battleboro |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| when the recorder has reached its full | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | you own the system, when used with either an |
| You can easily control how long programs are | analog or HDTV set. |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| tape using your VCR. | 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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