| 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. | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| without videotape, allowing you to | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| automatically record every episode of your | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| instant replays. | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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Marlborough |
Sioux Falls |
Fort Pierce |
Sealy |
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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| matter how many receivers you have. | |
| | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | one television in a single household to our |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| when the recorder has reached its full | same level of programming on these |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
| 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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