| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| network channels, other popular networks not | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| movies and special events, and an | Listening and many more. |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | |
| other systems offers as many quality program | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| options. | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | programming with their Digital Video |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| when the recorder has reached its full | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | |
| 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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