| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | control. |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
| | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | matter how many receivers you have. |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | |
| Listening and many more. | |
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Chicago |
St. Louis |
Seattle |
Arlington |
Hartford |
Torrance |
Niles |
Alexandria |
San Juan Capistrano |
Edmond |
Marion |
Hamden |
Marshall |
Olive Branch |
Dyersville |
Georgetown |
Great Barrington |
Celina |
Hines |
San Juan Pueblo |
Forest Grove |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| of television system that involves improvements | without videotape, allowing you to |
| in both the production and reception of | automatically record every episode of your |
| television broadcasts. | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| | instant replays. |
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