| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| one television in a single household to our | of television system that involves improvements |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | in both the production and reception of |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | television broadcasts. |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | |
| same level of programming on these | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | matter how many receivers you have. |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| | when the recorder has reached its full |
| The recorder with remote control will also be | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| already have the service. | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | 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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