| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| without videotape, allowing you to | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| automatically record every episode of your | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| instant replays. | |
| | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| If you choose an HDTV set without a | of television system that involves improvements |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | in both the production and reception of |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | television broadcasts. |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | |
| you own the system, when used with either an | |
| analog or HDTV set. | |
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Houston |
New York |
San Diego |
Ocala |
Bakersfield |
Jackson |
Biloxi |
Florissant |
Union |
Tillamook |
West Helena |
Hancock |
Moline |
Cisco |
Rushville |
Peachtree City |
Monterrey |
Hawthorne |
Frederick |
Madisonville |
Lake Brownwood |
Oshkosh |
Fairmont |
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| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | but with a new name! |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | |
| Listening and many more. | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | control. |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
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