| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| network channels, other popular networks not | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| movies and special events, and an | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | |
| other systems offers as many quality program | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| options. | one television in a single household to our |
| | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | same level of programming on these |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
| 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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Houston |
Orlando |
Omaha |
Birmingham |
Greenville |
Boise |
Abilene |
Corbin |
Fort Collins |
Vernon |
Frankfort |
Lexington |
Sylvester |
Huntsville |
Bay City |
Duncansville |
Pomona |
Inglewood |
San Carlos |
New Smyrna Beach |
Dillon |
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| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| without videotape, allowing you to | when the recorder has reached its full |
| automatically record every episode of your | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| instant replays. | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| | You can easily control how long programs are |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | tape using your VCR. |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | |
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