| 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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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| matter how many receivers you have. | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| | Listening and many more. |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | |
| when the recorder has reached its full | |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | |
| 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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Chicago |
Houston |
Phoenix |
Brooklyn |
Raleigh |
Des Moines |
Staten Island |
Denver |
Waterloo |
Toledo |
Anchorage |
Edmond |
Pine Bluff |
Salt Lake City |
Jacksonville |
Rockford |
La Junta |
Lockhart |
Bardstown |
Purcell |
Blairsville |
Millbrook |
Hillsboro |
Massillon |
Cape Charles |
Salisbury |
Clewiston |
Waverly |
Lufkin |
Arroyo Grande |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | DIRECTV Receiver. |
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| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| network channels, other popular networks not | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | programming with their Digital Video |
| movies and special events, and an | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | |
| other systems offers as many quality program | |
| options. | |
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