| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| without videotape, allowing you to | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| automatically record every episode of your | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | Listening and many more. |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | |
| instant replays. | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| | one television in a single household to our |
| The recorder with remote control will also be | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| already have the service. | 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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New York |
Tampa |
Bronx |
Santa Ana |
Stockton |
Billings |
Huntsville |
Tuscaloosa |
Decatur |
Hobart |
Thomasville |
Escondido |
Winnfield |
Pontiac |
Rocky Mount |
Minden |
Kennewick |
Villa Rica |
Los Gatos |
Elizabethtown |
Winnsboro |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| when the recorder has reached its full | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | |
| You can easily control how long programs are | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| tape using your VCR. | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| | 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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