| DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of | The system includes a Digital Satellite |
| industry-standard formats and will transmit in | Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a |
| any or all of the Advanced Television Systems | dual-output LNB and a universal remote |
| Committee (ATSC) and other | control. |
| industry-standard transmitting formats, | |
| essentially remaining format-neutral. | The DVR service will only delete programs |
| | when the recorder has reached its full |
| DIRECTV combines America's favorite | capacity and needs to make room for other |
| network channels, other popular networks not | shows you've requested it to record. When |
| available from many cable services, a pay per | this occurs, DVR will first delete TiVo |
| view movie service with up to 55 choices of | Suggestions followed by the oldest recorded |
| movies and special events, and an | programs not marked "Keep Until I Delete." |
| unprecedented sports subscription lineup. No | You can easily control how long programs are |
| other systems offers as many quality program | stored using recording "Options." It's also |
| options. | easy to transfer any recorded programs to |
| | tape using your VCR. |
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Houston |
Staten Island |
Fort Worth |
Wilmington |
Gainesville |
Anderson |
Daytona Beach |
Danville |
Yuma |
Mount Pleasant |
Mountain Home |
Hesperia |
Roswell |
Southampton |
Barstow |
Deltona |
Huntersville |
Morgan City |
Nashua |
Tampa |
Douglasville |
Napa |
Lebanon |
Limon |
London |
Kannapolis |
Lee |
Anaheim Hills |
Ouray |
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| As high-definition programming increasingly | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | have a direct line of sight to the south through |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | a window. However, many types of window |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | glass degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | it's strongly recommended that you install your |
| DIRECTV Receiver. | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
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| If you choose an HDTV set without a | Through an alliance with Music Choice, |
| DIRECTV Receiver built in, you can upgrade | DIRECTV offers up to 31 different audio-only |
| to an HDTV-compatible receiver when you | channels that range from choices like Soft |
| purchase a new monitor. However, your | Rock, Jazz and Country to Hit List, Easy |
| current DIRECTV equipment will provide you | Listening and many more. |
| 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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