| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| but with a new name! | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
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| The system includes a Digital Satellite | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| dual-output LNB and a universal remote | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| control. | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| | Listening and many more. |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | |
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Baltimore |
Denver |
Tulsa |
Kansas City |
Shreveport |
Grand Junction |
Naperville |
Greeley |
Council Bluffs |
Scranton |
Escondido |
Nashville |
Fall River |
New Castle |
Inglewood |
Dubuque |
Germantown |
Clarksburg |
Fredericksburg |
Worland |
Chincoteague |
Mundelein |
Carlinville |
Cromwell |
Mariposa |
Muskegon |
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| The recorder with remote control will also be | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| already have the service. | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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