| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| without videotape, allowing you to | of television system that involves improvements |
| automatically record every episode of your | in both the production and reception of |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | television broadcasts. |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| instant replays. | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | |
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Seattle |
Atlanta |
Reno |
Fresno |
Marietta |
Las Cruces |
Flint |
Wichita |
Columbia |
Fairfax |
Everett |
Delray Beach |
St. Charles |
Columbia |
Lexington |
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Ceres |
North Bergen |
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Chelsea |
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| In order to receive the signal, the dish must | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| have a direct line of sight to the south through | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| a window. However, many types of window | |
| glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| it's strongly recommended that you install your | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| satellite dish outside in a suitable location. | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | |
| one television in a single household to our | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | when the recorder has reached its full |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| same level of programming on these | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | 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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