| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| but with a new name! | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | To take advantage of the latest HDTV |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | technology and have access to over 225 |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | channels of DIRECTV programming, you'll |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | need an HDTV set with a built-in DIRECTV |
| | Receiver or a standalone DIRECTV |
| | High-Definition Receiver, as well as an |
| | 18"x24" DIRECTV Multi-Satellite dish antenna |
| | with a Sat-C kit or an 18"x20" DIRECTV |
| | Multi-Satellite dish antenna (Triple-LNB). |
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Cincinnati |
Charleston |
Scranton |
Yonkers |
Sioux Falls |
Farmington |
Corinth |
Detroit |
Bartlesville |
La Crosse |
Tarrytown |
Harbor City |
Barrington |
Port Jefferson |
Opelika |
Celina |
Long Beach |
Daleville |
Massapequa Park |
Montgomery |
Mountain Grove |
Gadsden |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | one television in a single household to our |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | same level of programming on these |
| | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| If you choose an HDTV set without a | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| with digital-quality programming for as long as | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| you own the system, when used with either an | Listening and many more. |
| analog or HDTV set. | |
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