| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | matter how many receivers you have. |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
| | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| one television in a single household to our | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | control. |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | |
| same level of programming on these | |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | |
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Pittsburgh |
San Francisco |
Portland |
Cleveland |
Phoenix |
Columbia |
Edison |
Florence |
Anchorage |
Scottsdale |
Rochester |
Thomson |
North Little Rock |
West Columbia |
Selma |
Brattleboro |
Youngstown |
Yonkers |
Burlingame |
Bensalem |
South Bend |
Norwalk |
Mount Kisco |
Aspen |
Jesup |
Dover |
North Miami |
Forest Park |
Warrenton |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | video recording to give you better |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | service directly to you. |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| will have easy access. | without videotape, allowing you to |
| | 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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