| 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. | |
| | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| network channels, other popular networks not | a window. However, many types of window |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| movies and special events, and an | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | |
| other systems offers as many quality program | |
| options. | |
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Cincinnati |
Houston |
Dallas |
Phoenix |
Hattiesburg |
Shreveport |
Orlando |
Lexington |
Greensboro |
Decatur |
Chattanooga |
Richmond |
Manhattan |
Medford |
Tampa |
Camilla |
Macon |
Miami |
Rosemead |
Alliance |
Kalkaska |
Sarasota |
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| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | |
| | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | without videotape, allowing you to |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | automatically record every episode of your |
| but with a new name! | 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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