| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | As high-definition programming increasingly |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | becomes the TV standard, customers will need |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | look for an HDTV set with an integrated |
| | DIRECTV Receiver. |
| The DIRECTV System is compatible with | |
| Dolby Pro Logic Surround-Sound and Dolby | DIRECTV, the leader in digital satellite |
| Digital. To get true surround-sound, you will | entertainment, has strengthened its |
| need a Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Digital | partnership with TiVo, the leader in digital |
| surround sound processing unit. You will be | video recording to give you better |
| able to experience surround-sound if your | entertainment under a new name - DIRECTV |
| home theater system has surround-sound | Digital Video Recording service powered by |
| capability. | TiVo. Now, they will be bringing their DVR |
| | service directly to you. |
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Las Vegas |
Jackson |
Charlotte |
Tyler |
Rome |
Greenville |
Springfield |
Falmouth |
Sugar Land |
Batesville |
Mobile |
Topeka |
Elko |
Green River |
East Windsor |
Erie |
New Lisbon |
Red Oak |
Brownsburg |
Russellville |
Millbrook |
Mount Sterling |
Winnemucca |
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| There is a subscription fee for their DVR | The most distinguishing features of HDTV are |
| service. TOTAL CHOICE PREMIER customers | the aspect ratio and increased lines of |
| will receive the service free of charge, no | resolution. HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 |
| matter how many receivers you have. | (Width:Height) as opposed to 4:3 of the |
| | current NTSC system. Films will retain their |
| The system includes a Digital Satellite | original size and resolution, and the sound can |
| Recorder, a mini satellite dish antenna with a | be delivered in "digital-quality" 5-channel |
| dual-output LNB and a universal remote | DIRECTV is the first satellite TV service whose |
| control. | receiving system is built into HDTV sets, so |
| | viewers who purchase this HDTV equipment |
| | will have easy access. |
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