| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| one television in a single household to our | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| same level of programming on these | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | programming with their Digital Video |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
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Los Angeles |
Atlanta |
Raleigh |
Torrance |
Cambridge |
Reading |
Clearwater |
Killeen |
Salem |
Cookeville |
Noblesville |
Sunnyvale |
Lewiston |
Redding |
Shelbyville |
Dalhart |
Mahwah |
Herndon |
Ashland |
Rochester |
Plano |
San Antonio |
Excelsior Springs |
Longwood |
California |
Wyoming |
Bowie |
Davie |
Pulaski |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | control. |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| will have easy access. | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
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