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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.

As the leader in HD, DIRECTV brings you the hottest Hollywood blockbusters in 1080p, the same stunning HD quality as Blu-ray.

With the most channels in HD, including your local channels, DIRECTV delivers the best that TV has to offer.

With a DIRECTV DVR, you can pause, rewind and replay.

The best variety of Filipino entertainment. See the latest news, talk shows, popular series, dramas, movies, music and more.

Enjoy your favorite Polish programming and the best Polish music with two radio channels.

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

No other cable or satellite TV service can offer better reliability than DIRECTV.

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.

As the leader in HD and sports, with technology and programming you will not find with Dish Network or cable, DIRECTV stands in a league of its own.

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

Whatever you are in the mood to see, you will find it on Cinemax. Get three channels, two in HD, of the best action, romance, comedy or foreign films.

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

Pay your bill, browse shows and set your DVR, order Pay Per View or new equipment all on directv.com with just a few clicks. We even have an online assistant to guide you through the process.

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

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

Experience the force, fury and finishing moves of WWE superstars and up-and-coming contenders.

With breathtaking picture quality, stunning Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound, the hottest DIRECTV on DEMAND movies in 1080p, and the best picture quality available, TV doesn't get any better than DIRECTV.

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

DIRECTV equipment includes a DIRECTV dish or satellite dish, DIRECTV receivers and remote controls.

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

Search and record is a DIRECTV receiver feature that allows you to quickly find your desired programming to record it.

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.

Listen to superb theaterquality sound with additional hardware.

View DIRECTV channels on one simple guide, and sneak a peak at what is coming with up to 14 days of program listings.

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 HD offers the best in national programming including CNN HD, A&E HD, The History Channel HD, National Geographic Channel HD, Food Network HD, premiums like HBO HD, Showtime HD, Cinemax HD, Starz HD - and more.

DIRECTV HDTV provides the crystal clear picture you want and access to enhanced surround sound with Dolby Digital technology.

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.

DIRECTV HDTV DVRs can continuously update their software and programming to provide the best in HD technology and programming.

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

Take advantage of DIRECTV interactive features like DIRECTV Active, get weather information, lottery results and horoscopes onscreen.

DIRECTV HD TV DVR technology includes Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound so you can listen to superb theater-quality sound with additional hardware.

DIRECTV customer service is better than cable companies.

Decades of operating as monopolies has made cable companies complacent and indifferent to customer needs and new technology as compared to DIRECTV, the consistent industry leader in customer service.

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.

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 is consistently #1 in Customer Satisfaction according to JD Powers and Associates Syndicated Residential Satellite/Cable TV Customer Satisfaction Studies.

If you are a pro baseball fan, subscribe to DIRECTV MLB Extra Innings.

Most cable systems do not have the channel capacity to compete with the huge selection of sports on DIRECTV.

DIRECTV carries many foreign language, religious, and other niche channels that are not available from cable providers.

DIRECTV is on the cutting edge of Home Theater Technology as opposed to cable TV which is the blunt old edge of ancient TV technology.

Studies have shown that on average, DIRECTV costs the consumer approximately 20% less than cable TV.

With over 250 channels of sports, movies, news, weather, local, and national programs over 100% digital signaling, DIRECTV, sometimes spelled incorrectly as DIRECT TV or DIRECTTV, is the industry leader in the United States serving over 16 million customers with award-winning content, customer service and technical support.

The majority of Americans love watching the shows aired on their local networks, and DIRECTV is the number one local network provider, broadcasting local channels to over 94% of households in the United States, most of which are aired in High Definition (HD).

The receivers provided by DIRECTV include program guides that you can access through your television set to find the channels that you want to watch very easily.

Unlike Dish Network, DIRECTV offers all local stations that come in digital quality with top of the line sound and picture quality. DIRECTV also provides local channels to cities that are out of the Dish Network range such as Baton Rouge, LA; Lafayette, LA; Corpus Christi, TX; Wilmington, NC; and Springfield, MA.

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.

With DIRECTV, you can choose to use channel neighborhoods to easily locate the type of programming that is of interest to you.

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 is The Best in Customer Satisfaction with customer service cannot be beat. For the past several years, DIRECTV has received the highest score for customer satisfaction from The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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

DIRECTV broadcasts many sports games in HD.

High speed internet is another feature offered by DIRECTV that is very fast and reliable and can be added onto your monthly plan.

DIRECTV channel packages allow you to purchase channels that you normally would not be able to view from your TV at an affordable cost.

If you are watching TV with your DIRECTV Plus HD DVR and somebody calls your house, you can see who it is on your TV because the DIRECTV Plus HD DVR has caller ID that is flashed on your TV screen when you receive a phone call. Please note that caller ID must be provided by your local phone company.

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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