| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | DIRECTV asks customers to connect the |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | receiver to a land-based phone line for billing |
| | and pay per view ordering purposes. You |
| To take advantage of the latest HDTV | cannot connect a cellular phone to your |
| technology and have access to over 225 | receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. |
| channels of DIRECTV programming, you'll | |
| need an HDTV set with a built-in DIRECTV | |
| Receiver or a standalone DIRECTV | |
| High-Definition Receiver, as well as an | |
| 18"x24" DIRECTV Multi-Satellite dish antenna | |
| with a Sat-C kit or an 18"x20" DIRECTV | |
| Multi-Satellite dish antenna (Triple-LNB). | |
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Chicago |
Houston |
Memphis |
Springfield |
Bradenton |
Lubbock |
Allentown |
Yonkers |
Philadelphia |
Providence |
Norwalk |
Binghamton |
Madison |
Culpeper |
Upper Sandusky |
Germantown |
Decatur |
New Martinsville |
Scottsdale |
Canby |
Syosset |
Larned |
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Monrovia |
Norfolk |
Glen |
Stafford |
St Charles |
Palatine Bridge |
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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| matter how many receivers you have. | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| many configurations, for single or multi-room. | |
| | If you choose an HDTV set without a |
| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - | to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you |
| but with a new name! | purchase a new monitor. However, your |
| | current DIRECTV equipment will provide you |
| | with digital-quality programming for as long as |
| | you own the system, when used with either an |
| | analog or HDTV set. |
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