| DIRECTV has created a programming service | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | when the recorder has reached its full |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | You can easily control how long programs are |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| | tape using your VCR. |
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El Paso |
Albuquerque |
San Jose |
Metairie |
Ogden |
Monroe |
Panama City |
Santa Rosa |
Marion |
Chillicothe |
Long Beach |
Westfield |
Kirksville |
Natick |
Yazoo City |
Indio |
New Britain |
Seaford |
Belfast |
Weslaco |
Snellville |
Wood Village |
Latrobe |
Wasilla |
Quakertown |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| | you own the system, when used with either an |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | analog or HDTV set. |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | without videotape, allowing you to |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | automatically record every episode of your |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | instant replays. |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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