| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| one television in a single household to our | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| services. If your receivers are connected to | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| your subscription, allowing you to receive the | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| same level of programming on these | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| televisions, only charging you a nominal | |
| monthly fee for each additional receiver. | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | video recording to give you better |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| | service directly to you. |
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Cincinnati |
San Francisco |
Dallas |
Trenton |
Anaheim |
Ogden |
Searcy |
Greenville |
New Britain |
Springfield |
Spartanburg |
Fernandina Beach |
Hollywood |
Bowling Green |
Framingham |
Paducah |
Prince Frederick |
Rockville Centre |
San Mateo |
Rohnert Park |
Bristol |
Somerset |
Champaign |
Edison |
Winter Park |
Stafford |
Reston |
Troy |
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| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | when the recorder has reached its full |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose | You can easily control how long programs are |
| receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| will have easy access. | tape using your VCR. |
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