| As high-definition programming increasingly | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | Listening and many more. |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | |
| | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| The recorder with remote control will also be | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| already have the service. | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
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Scranton |
Vidalia |
Lincolnton |
Braintree |
Bethesda |
Trenton |
Nashville |
Bennington |
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Kingwood |
Auburn |
Ventura |
Aptos |
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Blaine |
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Coconut Grove |
Mountain View |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | but with a new name! |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | matter how many receivers you have. |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| will have easy access. | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
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