| As high-definition programming increasingly | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| | home theater system has surround-sound |
| DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the | capability. |
| latest advancement in their technology - a | |
| satellite receiver that combines access to | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| programming with their Digital Video | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
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Indianapolis |
Bronx |
Houston |
Lubbock |
Pekin |
Castro Valley |
Pocatello |
Fremont |
Woodbridge |
New Hope |
North Little Rock |
West Des Moines |
Great Falls |
Augusta |
Carol Stream |
Punta Gorda |
Hilo |
Daphne |
Claremont |
Landover Hills |
Shepherdsville |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | but with a new name! |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | when the recorder has reached its full |
| | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| of television system that involves improvements | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| in both the production and reception of | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| television broadcasts. | 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. |
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