| DIRECTV has created a programming service | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| Through an alliance with Music Choice, | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| channels that range from choices like Soft | |
| Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| Listening and many more. | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| | video recording to give you better |
| | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| | service directly to you. |
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Seattle |
Tulsa |
San Francisco |
Mobile |
Rochester |
Henderson |
Providence |
Rockmart |
Glendora |
New Rochelle |
Ocean City |
Huntington |
Champaign |
Sherman Oaks |
Willits |
Bend |
Girard |
Warrenton |
Northborough |
Dover |
Hillsdale |
Freehold |
Clawson |
Wasilla |
Brook Park (Cleveland) |
Greeley |
Bloomington |
Gainesville |
Dillon |
Huntsville |
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| The DVR service will only delete programs | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| when the recorder has reached its full | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| capacity and needs to make room for other | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| shows you've requested it to record. When | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| You can easily control how long programs are | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| stored using recording "Options." It's also | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| easy to transfer any recorded programs to | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| tape using your VCR. | will have easy access. |
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