| 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 |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | you own the system, when used with either an |
| one television in a single household to our | analog or HDTV set. |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| same level of programming on these | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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Staten Island |
Chattanooga |
Akron |
Glendale |
Zanesville |
Lawrenceville |
Clarksville |
Elizabethtown |
Bloomington |
Medford |
Shreveport |
Franklin |
Kittanning |
Muscle Shoals |
Spring Lake |
Springfield |
Oxford |
Fletcher |
Camarillo |
Greenfield |
Farmington Hills |
Fayetteville |
Incline Village |
Spring Hill |
Minocqua |
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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| matter how many receivers you have. | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | of television system that involves improvements |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | in both the production and reception of |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | television broadcasts. |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | |
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