| DIRECTV has created a programming service | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | you own the system, when used with either an |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | analog or HDTV set. |
| Listening and many more. | |
| | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| | without videotape, allowing you to |
| | automatically record every episode of your |
| | 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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Philadelphia |
Baltimore |
Greensboro |
Birmingham |
Fayetteville |
Fort Walton Beach |
Muscatine |
Chicopee |
College Station |
Westborough |
Lake Forest |
Sikeston |
Brenham |
Lorain |
Mason |
Lewiston |
Campbell |
Newberg |
Ocala |
Cody |
Cranford |
Christiansburg |
Cedar Hill |
Cary |
Bay City |
Lauderdale By The Sea |
Shelton |
Winnie |
Willows |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | when the recorder has reached its full |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | You can easily control how long programs are |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | tape using your VCR. |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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