| As high-definition programming increasingly | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | one television in a single household to our |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | same level of programming on these |
| | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
| latest advancement in their technology - a | |
| satellite receiver that combines access to | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| programming with their Digital Video | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. | 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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Chicago |
Houston |
Portland |
Birmingham |
Alexandria |
Trenton |
Austin |
Chandler |
Sioux Falls |
Hattiesburg |
Janesville |
Gaithersburg |
Wilmington |
Cartersville |
Norman |
Blacksburg |
New Brunswick |
Newport |
Newberry |
Palatine Bridge |
New Rochelle |
Salem |
Salisbury |
Berkeley |
Smyrna |
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| In order to enjoy the full benefits of the | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| service, your recorder must be continuously | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| connected to a land-based phone and two (2) | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| The system includes a Digital Satellite | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| dual-output LNB and a universal remote | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| control. | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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