| DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| entertainment, has strengthened its | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| video recording to give you better | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| Digital Video Recording service powered by | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR | |
| service directly to you. | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| | of television system that involves improvements |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | in both the production and reception of |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | television broadcasts. |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | |
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Chicago |
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Tampa |
Raleigh |
Houston |
Columbus |
Cincinnati |
Thousand Oaks |
Clearwater |
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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 Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | home theater system has surround-sound |
| | capability. |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | |
| when the recorder has reached its full | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | Listening and many more. |
| 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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