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For 15 years, DIRECTV has been Americas #1 Satellite TV service, with over 18 million households enjoying it everyday.

With DIRECTV, you can enjoy all your favorite ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox primetime shows, as well as your local news, sports and weather, in crystal-clear HD.

DIRECTV has been America's #1 satellite TV service for 15 years.

If you have not experienced your favorite movies, shows and sports in HD, you have not seen anything yet.

Only DIRECTV brings you every NFL game every Sunday with NFL SUNDAY TICKET.

DIRECTV is your exclusive ticket to all 64 NCAA games of the Big Dance.

Only DIRECTV can deliver every NFL game, every Sunday or all 64 games of the NCAA Tournament or every NASCAR race from a multitude of angles.

Find all the sports action you crave with just a few clicks of your remote.

Enjoy the best Cantonese entertainment, including Jade TV, with our Jadeworld package, available without a base package.

Watch the most popular programming from Greece on four channels such as Mega Cosmos, Alpha Sat, Alter Globe & GMTV that are all exclusively on DIRECTV.

From cricket to baseball, football to soccer, national and international, professional and college, you can see it all on DIRECTV.

Get nine HBO channels, including two in HD, featuring an award-winning lineup of original series, Hollywood hits and exclusive sports events.

Enjoy your favorite Korean channels such as KoreanDirect or, if you are a golf fan, KoreanDirect Golf.

DIRECTV delivers extended coverage of Grand Slam tournaments and NASCAR races that you cannot get anywhere else, all at no extra charge.

This Thanksgiving, turn your TV room into a game room. Play over 60 games on your TV FREE as long as you want. No additional equipment required.

Enjoy coverage you will not see anywhere else of the US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.

DIRECTV delivers an HD experience you cannot get on Dish Network or cable.

With the most HD channels now, and soon the capacity for over 200 HD channels, DIRECTV is the only place to enjoy the best that TV has to offer.

BabyFirstTV goes beyond traditional TV to deliver award winning, expert approved programs to help you and your child learn and play together.

See up to eight popular sports channels on a single screen and select any one to watch full screen.

A number of different vendors produce DIRECTV dishes, receivers and accessories.

DIRECTV keeps a 14-day Advanced Program Guide up to date so you can schedule your programs up to two weeks in advance..

Even if the network switches channels, TiVo-like DIRECTV hardware features will track down programming content and record it for you.

Parental locks and control features are available on DIRECT equipment to ensure that your children do not have access to programming that parents have decided is not suitable for viewing by their children.

Watch whatever you want on your own schedule. Store your favorite programs, whether standard-definition or high-definition.

Effortlessly record your favorite shows with a single button touch or on a moment’s notice. Also access favorite scenes in recordings instantly.

Listen to superb theater quality sound with additional hardware.

Search and record your favorite shows via person, title, keyword or channel.

A DIRECTV receiver allows you to change channels and change the picture elements and size.

With a DIRECTV DVR you can pause a live TV show so you can answer your phone or get a drink, then watch the rest of the show when you are ready.

DIRECTV plans to offer access to local channels in HD in more than 88% of U.S. homes.

Access to DIRECTV High-Definition gives you the best sports, movies, family and special events with your paid subscription.

HDTV improves the way you view TV - giving you images with higher resolutions, brighter colors and enhanced clarity; and the way you hear TV - with crisp, high-quality, surround-sound audio capability.

HDTV on DIRECTV offers the ultimate surround sound experience with the latest Dolby Digital technology. The surround sound equipment required is sold separately.

High definition (mpeg-2, mpeg-4) and standard definition (mpeg-2) enabled in your DIRECTV DVR receiver allows you to view the best in both HD and SD programming.

While DIRECTV digital programming provides advanced image quality and sound, HD (the highest form of digital technology) makes for an even greater picture and sound.

Imagine viewing your HD programs with up to 10 times the amount of pixels seen on ordinary TV - you'll believe you're a part of the action when you view it on a DIRECTV HDTV DVR receiver.

DIRECTV HDTV DVR recorders record up to 30 hours of HD programming or up to 200 hours of standard-definition (480i) programming.

DIRECTV HD Satellite TV receivers have 2 satellite tuners for access to SD and HD programming.

The build-in DIRECTV HD tuner that your HDTV is equipped with will only allow you to receive the HD programming available over the air via an off-air antenna.

Cable TV wires on Poles are not always reliable and erode with age and exposure to weather that degrades service quality. DIRECTV solves this problem with its satellite microwave wireless content delivery platform.

No wired infrastructure such as coaxial cable can offer the reliability or cost effectiveness of a satellite content delivery platform to individual terminals like DIRECTV.

As compared to the consistent high quality picture delivered by DIRECTV satellite HDTV, cable TV consistency in viewing quality is marginal because the varying condition of the coaxial cable and miles of wire that must remain connected, dry and amplified before reaching the customer is variable per customer and location.

Digital Cable requires an analog to digital conversion that limits system performance and degrades viewing quality compared to the DIRECTV 100% Digital Satellite delivery that creates strikingly sharp and clear digital picture images.

DIRECTV provides more programming options for the dollar than cable TV.

Although many cable subscribers are reasonably well satisfied with their service, many cable customers are unhappy with poor reception, frequent outages, limited channel selection, and high monthly fees for premium channels. DIRECTV is an excellent alternative.

Local Networks are available in digital quality through DIRECTV via a small antenna to receive programming that is broadcast on local channels. Cable companies do not offer this option.

Unlink cable TV, DIRECTV offers a huge selection of movies, sports, and concerts and many channels offer CD quality stereo music that can be plugged into a home music system and the audio channels are free.

Many movies on DIRECTV are already being broadcast in wide screen format while cable is still primarily standard format.

Unlike cable receivers, all DIRECTV receivers deliver Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound and Dolby digital optical output is available on some satellite receivers.

Sports Fans, DIRECTV is the satellite TV entertainment company for you! DIRECTV offers more sports programming than any competitor.

If you are moving your DIRECTV service, you can take advantage of DIRECTV MOVERS CONNECTION.

DIRECTV offers several different types of HR22 HD DVR receivers that each have different specifications and uses. The higher model you select, the more hours of HD you can record.

In most cases, you would want to consult with your landlord or property manager about installing a DIRECTV satellite dish on the roof or other suitable location on the building.

If you want to subscribe to DIRECTV High Definition programming (HD TV), you would need to lease High Definition receiver (HD recevier) or (High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD DVR) to watch the HD channel programming. The fees for HD receiver or HD DVR are different than the standard receivers for non - High Definition programming.

It is cost prohibitive to keep up with satellite TV receiver upgrades and changes at your own expense so using DIRECTV equipment will ensure that you keep up with the latest technology at the lowest possible costs.

For Digital Video Recorder (DVR) or High Definition TV (HD) services, you can ask your DIRECTV representative about promotions such as FREE HD DVR Upgrade and FREE HD Channel for 3 Months.

DIRECTV offers sophisticated satellite TV technology that changes and advances extremely fast, so DIRECTV provides you with upgrades and free replacement of receivers. Call 866-728-8329 to take advantage of available promotions.

DIRECTV is far superior to Dish Network when it comes to sports channels.

DIRECTV broadcasts many sports games in HD.

DIRECTV, sometime incorrectly spelled DirectTV or Direct TV) offers exclusive channels with the DIRECTV Plus HD DVR. You can check your local weather, see if you won the lottery and more. This enables you to view channels that you would not be able to view with ordinary cable.

When you have a DIRECTV Plus HD DVR, you can browse channels up to 14 days in advance. If you are going on vacation and you want to have shows to watch when you get back, you can simply look them up.

DIRECTV significantly enhances its infrastructure by launching brand new HD satellites, building new earth stations, and launching MPEG-4 AVC.

Multiple HD feeds have been launched by DIRECTV from every major programming source in the industry including Fox, NBC, Disney, Viacom, Turner, Showtime, HBO, Discovery, NBC and Starz, along with many others.

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