| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | but with a new name! |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| In order to receive the signal, the dish must | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| have a direct line of sight to the south through | control. |
| a window. However, many types of window | |
| glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| it's strongly recommended that you install your | when the recorder has reached its full |
| satellite dish outside in a suitable location. | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| | You can easily control how long programs are |
| | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| | tape using your VCR. |
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Los Angeles |
San Diego |
Rochester |
Albuquerque |
Boston |
Reno |
Roanoke |
Denver |
Anaheim |
Panama City |
Englewood |
Montebello |
Port Charlotte |
Goodlettsville |
Yukon |
Madison |
Vero Beach |
Tunkhannock |
Staunton |
Lebanon |
Broken Bow |
Saratoga Springs |
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| The recorder with remote control will also be | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| already have the service. | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| If you choose an HDTV set without a | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | of television system that involves improvements |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | in both the production and reception of |
| you own the system, when used with either an | television broadcasts. |
| analog or HDTV set. | |
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