| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| | matter how many receivers you have. |
| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | |
| of television system that involves improvements | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| in both the production and reception of | when the recorder has reached its full |
| television broadcasts. | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | 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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Tulsa |
Colorado Springs |
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Memphis |
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Johnson City |
Rock Island |
Chatsworth |
Conway |
Spartanburg |
Atmore |
Beaver Falls |
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Chico |
Hamilton |
Duluth |
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Gainesville |
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Newport |
Harbor Springs |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| | a window. However, many types of window |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| without videotape, allowing you to | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| automatically record every episode of your | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| 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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