| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | |
| | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | a window. However, many types of window |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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New York |
Chicago |
Atlanta |
Miami |
Albuquerque |
Bradenton |
South Bend |
Laurinburg |
Wilson |
Henderson |
Mechanicsburg |
Whiteville |
Shippensburg |
Maitland |
Suffern |
Monahans |
Salisbury |
Circleville |
Cabot |
Vidalia |
Tulare |
La Pine |
Patterson |
Arab |
Matteson |
Jasper |
Cloverdale |
Los Alamos |
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| If you choose an HDTV set without a | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | but with a new name! |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| you own the system, when used with either an | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| analog or HDTV set. | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| without videotape, allowing you to | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
| automatically record every episode of your | |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | |
| instant replays. | |
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