| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | of television system that involves improvements |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | in both the production and reception of |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | television broadcasts. |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
| | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| Listening and many more. | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
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Dallas |
St. Louis |
Orlando |
Jacksonville |
Miami |
Salt Lake City |
Biloxi |
Naperville |
Marietta |
Gastonia |
Charleston |
Moline |
St. Louis Park |
Columbus |
Sun City |
Pinellas Park |
Westlake |
Southaven |
Brainerd |
Davison |
Forest Park |
Cambridge |
Milan |
New Rochelle |
Overland Park |
Pinetop |
Black Mountain |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | control. |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| without videotape, allowing you to | matter how many receivers you have. |
| automatically record every episode of your | |
| 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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