| The recorder with remote control will also be | High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | of television system that involves improvements |
| already have the service. | in both the production and reception of |
| | television broadcasts. |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
|
|
Chicago |
Las Vegas |
Los Angeles |
Pittsburgh |
Charlotte |
Albany |
Gainesville |
Rochester |
Miami |
Reno |
Greenville |
Killeen |
Morristown |
Wheat Ridge |
Monroe |
Lodi |
Fairbanks |
Center |
Marshall |
Fontana |
Kannapolis |
Pico Rivera |
|
|
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | matter how many receivers you have. |
| one television in a single household to our | |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | when the recorder has reached its full |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| same level of programming on these | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | 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. |
|
