| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| one television in a single household to our | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| same level of programming on these | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | 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 |
San Francisco |
Atlanta |
Tucson |
Charlotte |
Lincoln |
Oklahoma City |
Rome |
Salem |
Scottsbluff |
Dublin |
Apex |
Porterville |
Hazleton |
Glendale |
Stuttgart |
Fairview Park |
Opelika |
Newport |
St. Clairsville |
Vacaville |
Nashville |
Mahwah |
Flint |
Glenmont |
Ames |
Denton |
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| The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| but with a new name! | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| | you own the system, when used with either an |
| The DVR service will only delete programs | analog or HDTV set. |
| when the recorder has reached its full | |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | without videotape, allowing you to |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | automatically record every episode of your |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| You can easily control how long programs are | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | instant replays. |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | |
| tape using your VCR. | |
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