| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | video recording to give you better |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | service directly to you. |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| Listening and many more. | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| | you own the system, when used with either an |
| | analog or HDTV set. |
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Birmingham |
Corpus Christi |
Carlsbad |
Lawton |
New Brunswick |
Lenoir |
Morristown |
Ada |
Chillicothe |
North Richland Hills |
Moriarty |
Hoffman Estates |
Berlin |
La Place |
Plymouth |
Carbondale |
Sonora |
Covington |
Zephyrhills |
Pulaski |
New Hampton |
Lawndale |
Montgomery |
Grand Prairie |
Guthrie |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | same features as their Receiver with TiVo - |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | but with a new name! |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | shows at once. It can even record two shows |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | while you watch a third, previously recorded |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | show. To take full advantage of this feature, |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are |
| will have easy access. | connected to their Satellite Recorder. |
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