| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| In order to receive the signal, the dish must | you own the system, when used with either an |
| have a direct line of sight to the south through | analog or HDTV set. |
| a window. However, many types of window | |
| glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, | DIRECTV Digital Satellite Recorder is the |
| it's strongly recommended that you install your | latest advancement in their technology - a |
| satellite dish outside in a suitable location. | satellite receiver that combines access to |
| | programming with their Digital Video |
| | Recording (DVR) service with TiVo. |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | control. |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| of television system that involves improvements | matter how many receivers you have. |
| in both the production and reception of | |
| television broadcasts. | |
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