| The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder can record two | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| shows at once. It can even record two shows | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| while you watch a third, previously recorded | |
| show. To take full advantage of this feature, | The DIRECTV System is compatible with |
| you'll need to ensure that two satellite inputs | Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby |
| from a dual-LNB system dish antenna are | Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will |
| connected to their Satellite Recorder. | need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital |
| | surround sound processing unit. You will be |
| | able to experience surround-sound if your |
| | home theater system has surround-sound |
| | capability. |
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Chicago |
Los Angeles |
Brooklyn |
Pittsburgh |
Fort Worth |
Houston |
Rochester |
Kansas City |
Sarasota |
Erie |
Napa |
Yuba City |
Del City |
San Francisco |
Redding |
Rogers |
Danville |
Kittanning |
Victoria |
New Iberia |
Carmel |
Milwaukee |
Florence |
Chattanooga |
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| DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| entertainment, has strengthened its | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| video recording to give you better | Committee (ATSC) and other |
| entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV | industry-standard transmitting formats, |
| Digital Video Recording service powered by | essentially remaining format-neutral. |
| TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR | |
| service directly to you. | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| without videotape, allowing you to | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| automatically record every episode of your | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| instant replays. | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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