| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| network channels, other popular networks not | one television in a single household to our |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| movies and special events, and an | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | same level of programming on these |
| other systems offers as many quality program | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| options. | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | a window. However, many types of window |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| 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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Las Vegas |
Portland |
Arlington |
Gaithersburg |
Fairbanks |
Brighton |
San Antonio |
Rolla |
Coldwater |
Dumas |
Huntington Beach |
Montebello |
Jamaica |
Custer |
Evergreen |
Tappahannock |
Gastonia |
Dover |
Moultrie |
St. Simons Island |
Mansfield |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| when the recorder has reached its full | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | |
| You can easily control how long programs are | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | without videotape, allowing you to |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | automatically record every episode of your |
| tape using your VCR. | 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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