| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| without videotape, allowing you to | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| automatically record every episode of your | a window. However, many types of window |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| instant replays. | |
| | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| The recorder with remote control will also be | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| sold without a dish antenna for customers who | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| already have the service. | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| | Listening and many more. |
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Houston |
Cincinnati |
Chicago |
El Paso |
San Diego |
Detroit |
Milwaukee |
Phoenix |
Atlanta |
Rochester |
Acworth |
Laredo |
Newport News |
Huntington |
Des Moines |
Tacoma |
Nashua |
Oak Park |
Pico Rivera |
Augusta |
Lockhart |
Albion |
Lexington |
Wilson |
Bloomington |
Broomfield |
Arnold |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | service, your recorder must be continuously |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | connected to a land-based phone and two (2) |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| | when the recorder has reached its full |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | You can easily control how long programs are |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | tape using your VCR. |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | |
| will have easy access. | |
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