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Record all your favorite shows, movies and sports and enjoy them on your schedule, not the networks.

From July 2008 through June 2009 alone, DIRECTV added over one million new customers.

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.

Get your favorite Brazilian programming and soccer on four of the most popular channels, including TV Globo, Brazils #1 channel.

Never miss a game. Set your home DVR with any cell phone or computer.

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.

See the best Vietnamese entertainment and news coverage, including SBTN, the first 24-hour Vietnamese programming network originated in America.

See the original series that have everyone talking, the latest Hollywood hits, once-in-a-lifetime sports events and more.

See everything from the biggest Hollywood blockbusters to groundbreaking indies to the bold original series that have everyone talking.

You may live in the U.S. but that does not mean you cannot stay in touch with best in TV from the rest of the world. Brazilian, Filipino, Russian and many more. Take your pick from our tremendous selection of international packages from the world over.

You may think you are paying less with Dish Network or cable, but in a matter of months, your cost could more than double.

DIRECTV delivers the best TV for your money.

For the ultimate value in TV entertainment, you have to get DIRECTV.

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.

Get a special group of popular channels available only in HD featuring classic movies, specialty programs and more.

The more premium channels you add, the more you save.

We have the channels you want and more of them in HD than anyone.

If you want to get the most from your flatscreen, DIRECTV has most full-time HD channels now and will soon be able deliver over 200 HD channels.

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

The DIRECTV Plus HD DVR delivers you the ultimate in 100% digital-quality DIRECTV programming.

Get 2 DIRECTV satellite tuners for access to SD and HD programming and get 2 ATSC tuners for access to local HD broadcasts where available.

DIRECTV DVRs have one touch record, auto record, manual record, and bookmark features.

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.

Easily find DIRECTV or off-air channels on one guide. Search the channel guide up to 14 days in advance for what to watch or record.

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

Record every episode of your favorite shows automatically — even if the day or time of the show changes during the week.

Customize the guide by choosing only the channels you want to see.

Get a DIRECTV dish. The dish is actually a parabolic reflector that captures a satellite TV signal and focuses it on the feed horn that sticks out in front of the dish. The feed horn amplifies and filters the signal and sends it to the receiver.

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.

In various cities local channels are broadcast in HD over the public air waves so, using an off-air antenna, you can view such programs in their HD clarity. However, in some cities you can view HD local channels without the use of this antenna. As the programming trend continues to move towards HD you'll be able to use the DIRECTV equipment to view all of it. Check availability in your city.

All DIRECTV HDTV channels in 100% digital quality. It is as if you are there.

DIRECTV HD colors are brighter, the sound is crisper, and both audio and video can be recorded!

To access more of the incredible HD programming available than just off-air programming, you need an HD programming source from a service provider such as DIRECTV.

With DIRECTV HDTV, you get a variety of HD programming, including ESPN HD, Discovery HD Theater, HBO HD, SHOWTIME HD and more including HD shows from the major networks with off-air antenna.

With a DIRECTV HDTV DVR, you can record 2 shows at the same time - even 2 HD shows simultaneously.

Digital and high-definition programming are not equal - HDTV provides much clearer picture and color.

Easily find and record off-air digital and HD programs using our advanced search features and the DIRECTV HDTV 14-day Advanced Program Guide

With a DIRECTV DVR, you can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes, rewind, use instant replay, watch programming in slow motion, and fast-forward through all recorded shows.

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.

Picture and sound quality on traditional analog cable is poor compared to DIRECTV HD.

While DIRECTV digital HD picture quality is crystal clear, cable TV has excessive digital artifacts, the little squares that appear in the picture, and also may appear as intermittent picture freezing.

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

If cable is not available or your local area, or if your local reception is poor, or you if you just want to view more great channels like CNN, ESPN, A&E, etc., DIRECTV will make you happy.

If you are a pro basketball fan, get the DIRECTV NBA League Pass and watch more games than you could ever get on cable TV.

Sports fans, switch from cable TV and get the DIRECTV ESPN GamePlan that gives you hundreds of games each season - many more games than cable.

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.

DIRECTV, sometimes spelled incorrectly as DIRECT TV or DIRECTTV, offers perhaps the best entertainment value in the United States today!

DIRECTV allows you to surf a large number of channels with ease as the DIRECTV remote control is we-designed for maximum channel changing power!

If you are moving to Latin America, please review our offerings for that market. In new residence, sports blackouts and local channels may be affected.

All of the DIRECTV HR22 receiver units also are compatible with Dolby Digitial Surround Sound and all can support caller ID. You can also customize your favorite channel list on all of them.

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.

The DIRECTV HR20 65 to 100 HD DVR is capable of viewing programs in SD or HD. With this unit, you can have caller ID on your television so you do not have to get up to see who is calling. The 65 to 100 unit also features the Advanced Program Guide.

DIRECTV simply has more to offer than Dish Network or cable.

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.

According to the J.D. Power & Associates 2007 Residential Cable/Satellite TV Satisfaction Study, DIRECTV has better customer service than Dish Network.

The Series Link Feature of the DIRECTV Plus HD DVR is very useful feature that allows you to record an entire season of shows without finding each one. When a show is re-scheduled, the receiver changes with it automatically.

If you move, simply leave the DIRECTV dish behind in your old place and take your DIRECTV equipment to your new place of residence.

The DIRECTV HR22 65 to 100 HD DVR receiver is completely compatible with all of DIRECTV HD offerings. You can watch standard definition (SD) or high definition (HD) on this unit. The HR22 65 to 100 also features the Advanced Program Guide.

DIRECTV also offers a DVR recording system so you can record your favorite shows and movies while you are at work or away from home and watch them later on your own time.

The programming for your DIRECTV primary access card in your primary (main) receiver is duplicated to the access cards all of the additional receivers and you will receive the same programming for the additional receivers as you would on your main receiver.

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