| The system includes a Digital Satellite | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| dual-output LNB and a universal remote | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| control. | |
| | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| In order to enjoy the full benefits of the | one television in a single household to our |
| service, your recorder must be continuously | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| connected to a land-based phone and two (2) | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| | same level of programming on these |
| | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
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Indianapolis |
St. Louis |
Wilmington |
Knoxville |
Little Rock |
Augusta |
Jackson |
Hollywood |
Independence |
Seattle |
Chelmsford |
Pittsfield |
Elizabeth |
Warwick |
Kilgore |
Rochester Hills |
Rome |
Guthrie |
Rockwall |
Missoula |
Rock Island |
Chico |
Peru |
Juneau |
Fairhope |
Mt. Vernon |
Reno |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | without videotape, allowing you to |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | automatically record every episode of your |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| | instant replays. |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| 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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