| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| matter how many receivers you have. | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| The system includes a Digital Satellite | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a | home theater system has surround-sound |
| dual-output LNB and a universal remote | capability. |
| control. | |
| | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| | one television in a single household to our |
| | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| | 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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San Antonio |
Birmingham |
Baton Rouge |
New York |
Dallas |
Pensacola |
Baltimore |
Irving |
San Francisco |
San Mateo |
Stamford |
San Jose |
Brighton |
Albuquerque |
Darien |
Lakewood |
Des Moines |
Corsicana |
Lansing |
Mansfield |
Bay City |
Plymouth |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| | you own the system, when used with either an |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | analog or HDTV set. |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | without videotape, allowing you to |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | automatically record every episode of your |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | instant replays. |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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