| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| without videotape, allowing you to | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| automatically record every episode of your | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| instant replays. | 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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New York |
Los Angeles |
Dallas |
Columbia |
Fort Lauderdale |
Sacramento |
Mansfield |
Saginaw |
Tulsa |
Albany |
Suffolk |
Westminster |
Cape Girardeau |
Marietta |
Marion |
Rockford |
Revere |
Ventura |
Forest Park |
Kings Mountain |
Cleveland |
Blythewood |
Williams |
Ellenton |
Schaumburg |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | There is a subscription fee for their DVR |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | will receive the service free of charge, no |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | matter how many receivers you have. |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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