| DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| entertainment, has strengthened its | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| video recording to give you better | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| Digital Video Recording service powered by | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR | |
| service directly to you. | To take advantage of the latest HDTV |
| | technology and have access to over 225 |
| The recorder with remote control will also be | channels of DIRECTV programming, you'll |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | need an HDTV set with a built-in DIRECTV |
| already have the service. | 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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New York |
Wilmington |
Boise |
Omaha |
Abilene |
Rockville |
Huntington Beach |
Dalhart |
Maplewood |
Stephens City |
Mansfield |
Stevens Point |
Monrovia |
Moody |
Richfield |
Muskegon |
Brevard |
Frisco |
Sierra Vista |
Geneva |
Kingdom City |
Schoharie |
New Hampton |
Chillicothe |
Lander |
Tullahoma |
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| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | control. |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | |
| | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | when the recorder has reached its full |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| home theater system has surround-sound | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| capability. | 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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