| If you choose an HDTV set without a | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | but with a new name! |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| you own the system, when used with either an | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| analog or HDTV set. | matter how many receivers you have. |
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| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| without videotape, allowing you to | when the recorder has reached its full |
| automatically record every episode of your | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| instant replays. | 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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Indianapolis |
Virginia Beach |
Boston |
Kalamazoo |
St. Paul |
Las Cruces |
San Pedro |
Westminster |
Norcross |
Santa Fe |
Jackson |
Fond Du Lac |
Dunkirk |
Ellisville |
Rancho Cucamonga |
Easton |
Tyler |
Seguin |
Fort Walton Beach |
Towanda |
Geneva |
Chelsea |
Lenexa |
Lebanon |
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| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | To take advantage of the latest HDTV |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | technology and have access to over 225 |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | channels of DIRECTV programming, you'll |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | need an HDTV set with a built-in DIRECTV |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | Receiver or a standalone DIRECTV |
| home theater system has surround-sound | High-Definition Receiver, as well as an |
| capability. | 18"x24" DIRECTV Multi-Satellite dish antenna |
| | with a Sat-C kit or an 18"x20" DIRECTV |
| | Multi-Satellite dish antenna (Triple-LNB). |
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