| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | video recording to give you better |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | service directly to you. |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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New York |
Cincinnati |
Irving |
Houston |
Charlotte |
Midland |
Cookeville |
Lenoir |
Fall River |
Salt Lake City |
Los Gatos |
Paducah |
Warsaw |
Warrenville |
Studio City |
Eureka |
Manhattan |
Joliet |
Auburn |
Princeton |
Watertown |
Huntington Station |
Brea |
Ventura |
Waverly |
Radford |
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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| matter how many receivers you have. | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| when the recorder has reached its full | home theater system has surround-sound |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | capability. |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | one television in a single household to our |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| You can easily control how long programs are | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | same level of programming on these |
| tape using your VCR. | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
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