| Their new Digital Satellite Recorder has all the | | DIRECTV will accept a wide variety of |
| same features as their Receiver with TiVo - but | | industry-standard formats and will transmit in |
| with a new name! | | any or all of the Advanced Television Systems |
| | Committee (ATSC) and other industry-standard |
| High-definition television (HDTV) is a new kind | | transmitting formats, essentially remaining |
| of television system that involves | | format-neutral. |
| improvements in both the production and | | |
| reception of television broadcasts. | | The Digital Satellite Recorder is available in |
| | many configurations, for single or multi-room. |
| As high-definition programming increasingly | | |
| becomes the TV standard, customers will need | | In order to enjoy the full benefits of the service, |
| to invest in new TV monitors to receive it. | | your recorder must be continuously connected |
| DIRECTV feels the best approach will be to | | to a land-based phone and two (2) satellite |
| look for an HDTV set with an integrated | | inputs from a dual-LNB system. |
| receiver. | | |
| | Offers an incredible selection of entertainment |
| DIRECTV asks customers to connect the | | for every member of the family -- all in the 100% |
| receiver to a land-based phone line for billing | | digital-quality picture and sound that they are |
| and pay per view ordering purposes. You | | known for. |
| cannot connect a cellular phone to your | | |
| receiver; it must be a land-based phone line. | | DIRECTV has created a programming service |
| | specifically driven to offer customers more |
| DIRECTV allows you to connect more than one | | choice and value for their entertainment dollar. |
| television in a single household to our services. | | |
| If your receivers are connected to the same | | The system is compatible with Dolby Pro Logic |
| phone line, They can 'mirror' your subscription, | | Surround-Sound and Dolby Digital. To get true |
| allowing you to receive the same level of | | surround-sound, you will need a Dolby Pro |
| programming on these televisions, only | | Logic or Dolby Digital surround sound |
| charging you a nominal monthly fee for each | | processing unit. You will be able to experience |
| additional receiver. | | surround-sound if your home theater system |
| | has surround-sound capability. |
| DIRECTV has created a programming service | | |
| specifically driven to offer customers more | | In order to receive the signal, the dish must |
| choice and value for their entertainment dollar. | | have a direct line of sight to the south through a |
| | window. However, many types of window glass |
| The DVR offers hours of digital recording | | degrade the satellite signal. Therefore, it's |
| without videotape, allowing you to | | strongly recommended that you install your |
| automatically record every episode of your | | satellite dish outside in a suitable location. |
| favorite shows every time it's on! You can | | |
| record two shows at once and even pause live | | |
| TV, rewind, watch in slow motion, and create | | |
| instant replays. | | |