| DIRECTV has created a programming service | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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Houston |
Dallas |
Philadelphia |
Louisville |
Corpus Christi |
Columbia |
Miami |
Springfield |
Malden |
Yorba Linda |
Tyler |
Omaha |
Warren |
Vicksburg |
Boulder |
Greenville |
Norwalk |
Visalia |
Holyoke |
Conway |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| | control. |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | |
| without videotape, allowing you to | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| automatically record every episode of your | when the recorder has reached its full |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| instant replays. | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| | You can easily control how long programs are |
| | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| | tape using your VCR. |
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