| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | control. |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| | when the recorder has reached its full |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | You can easily control how long programs are |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | tape using your VCR. |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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Houston |
San Francisco |
San Antonio |
Bronx |
Boise |
Johnstown |
Hattiesburg |
Searcy |
Albany |
Escondido |
Jackson |
Stratford |
Tarpon Springs |
Morehead City |
Biloxi |
Grand Prairie |
Scottsbluff |
Clermont |
Gastonia |
Kingwood |
Roslyn |
Roseburg |
North Vernon |
West Union |
Dillsburg |
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| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| without videotape, allowing you to | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| automatically record every episode of your | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | Listening and many more. |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | |
| instant replays. | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | |
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