| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The recorder with remote control will also be |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | sold without a dish antenna for customers who |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | already have the service. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | video recording to give you better |
| network channels, other popular networks not | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| movies and special events, and an | service directly to you. |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | |
| other systems offers as many quality program | |
| options. | |
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San Diego |
Chicago |
New York |
Indianapolis |
Fort Lauderdale |
Augusta |
Bradenton |
Chula Vista |
Sugar Land |
Indialantic |
Iselin |
Fort Collins |
Zephyrhills |
Kingman |
Puyallup |
Rayville |
Wise |
Harrisonburg |
Stockbridge |
Norfolk |
Kingsport |
Hacienda Heights |
Hillsboro |
Warrenville |
Mckinleyville |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| when the recorder has reached its full | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| You can easily control how long programs are | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | |
| tape using your VCR. | |
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