| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | |
| | The DVR offers hours of digital recording |
| In order to enjoy the full benefits of the | without videotape, allowing you to |
| service, your recorder must be continuously | automatically record every episode of your |
| connected to a land-based phone and two (2) | favorite shows every time it's on! You can |
| satellite inputs from a dual-LNB system. | record two shows at once and even pause live |
| | TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create |
| | instant replays. |
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Orlando |
Fresno |
Oklahoma City |
Omaha |
Lancaster |
Camp Hill |
Fort Worth |
Warsaw |
Stevens Point |
El Cajon |
Grand Island |
Adrian |
Chamberlain |
Ocean City |
Branson |
Miles City |
Ann Arbor |
Hesperia |
Sullivan |
Tempe |
Big Sky |
Marietta |
Altamont |
Morehead |
South Jacksonville |
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| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV allows you to connect more than |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | one television in a single household to our |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | services. If your receivers are connected to |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | the same phone line, DIRECTV can 'mirror' |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | your subscription, allowing you to receive the |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | same level of programming on these |
| | televisions, only charging you a nominal |
| The most distinguishing features of HDTV are | monthly fee for each additional receiver. |
| the aspect ratio and increased lines of | |
| resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| current NTSC system. Films will retain their | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| original size and resolution, and the sound can | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| 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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