| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | DIRECTV combines America's favorite |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | network channels, other popular networks not |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | available from many cable services, a pay per |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | view movie service with up to 55 choices of |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | movies and special events, and an |
| | unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No |
| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | other systems offers as many quality program |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | options. |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| home theater system has surround-sound | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| capability. | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
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| If you choose an HDTV set without a | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | but with a new name! |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | when the recorder has reached its full |
| you own the system, when used with either an | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| analog or HDTV set. | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| without videotape, allowing you to | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| automatically record every episode of your | You can easily control how long programs are |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | tape using your VCR. |
| instant replays. | |
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