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SATELLITE PROMOTIONS CHANGE OFTEN.   PLEASE CALL FOR LATEST PROMO!

WOW!  Introducing DIRECTV on DEMAND - A vast library of the best TV entertainment at your fingertips. Infinite Choices. Infinitely Simple.With over 4500 movies, shows, sports and more to choose from, DIRECTV on DEMAND gives you access to the TV entertainment you want — whenever you want it. This service includes tons of titles at no extra charge. Start enjoying DIRECTV on DEMAND today. You just need a DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR receiver connected to the Internet. You use your broadband connection. Click on the logo. Only with HD DVR receivers.  Click Satellite HDTV.

DirecTV promotions change about every 90 days.  You can usually receive all equipment free on a lease with installation on most of the promotions. Some promotions offer a few months of premium programming like HBO or a programming discount. Below is the current promotion and some equipment packages available.  DirecTV equipment is now only available on a lease plan.  If a receiver fails it will be replaced free.

Get Up To Four Receivers On The Promos.  4 receivers with remotes, 1 dish,  For programming on 4 TV's to view different programming on each TV.  Basic installation is included with this promo.  $5 monthly programming for each additional receiver over 1. LEASE   SD & or HD

Add a DirecTV DVR or HD DVR receiver to any package above. Record your daily, weekly programs on the digital hard drive. Pause, backup live TV. You won't know how you lived without a DVR once you use one!  $6.00 monthly charge for DVR service.  These receivers have two tuners so you can record one show while watching another, or record two shows at the same time. DVR is 200 hour unit  Additional installation charges may apply for second tuner hookup.  2 Yr. LEASE SD & or HD

                         * A Phone line connection required to receivers.

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             1 year or 2 year lease depending on your equipment. Call For Details. 

               * All information and promotions are subject to change at anytime

There are 6 DirecTV programming packages!  Local Atlanta channels are "included".    Add any other programming  you wish, like premium movie packs, HBO etc. or Sports.       Add  $5 monthly programming for each additional receiver you have over 1.   The new programming prices are $29.99 and up.

* 12 Month Agreement Is Required For All Promo's. Promo's Are For New Customers Only.

* Credit check and social security number required for all promotions and programming.

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You can also visit the DirecTV site at:  www.directv.com  Look it over and decide what receiver setup best suits your family's needs, what programming package you would like, and then call us with your selection and to schedule an installation. As an authorized dealer, we offer all DirecTV promotions, programming & specials. You must be qualified by DirecTV and SATPRO.

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No word on this coming to light as of Oct. 2009!

DirecTV will release a new TiVo-powered high-def DVR in the second half of 2009, the company has announced. Unlike the last "DirecTiVO" mode that was released in 2004, the new model will be able to receive DirecTV's entire lineup of digital and high-def channels.

DirecTV's original TiVo-powered DVRs were among the first satellite receivers with digital video recorders built in (rather than tethered external units). The HR10-250, in fact, was the first high-def DVR available anywhere. Unfortunately, two things happened that put that model on the fast track to obsolescence. DirecTV began utilizing MPEG-4 broadcasts for most of its HD channels--a format that wasn't compatible with the TiVo units. And secondly, the company introduced its own line of non-TiVo DVRs.

Those second wave of DVRs were based on technology from a British company called NDS. The NDS-powered models--such as the HR20 and HR21/22--were shoehorned into DirecTV's lineup soon after the satellite company was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. because NDS was a sister company in the Murdoch empire. But News Corp. sold off its DirecTV stake just three years later, in November 2006. With no more familial corporate obligation to NDS, presumably, the door was reopened to pairing with TiVo.

Beyond specifying that the new HD TiVo DVR would "support the latest TiVo and DirecTV features and services, including TiVo's Universal Swivel Search and TiVo KidZone," the press release provided few details about the new hardware. As far as our wish list is concerned, we'd like to see a faster, more responsive user interface (the HR10-250 was notoriously pokey, even by TiVo's less-than-jackrabbit speed standards) and the enabling of full TiVo network features (streaming media support, Amazon Unbox, Rhapsody, etc.). But given the decidedly mixed response that viewers have given the HR20/HR21 DVRs, even having the possibility of an alternative will likely excite many DirecTV subscribers.

If you're a DirecTV subscriber, what do you think: Is the announcement of a second-gen DirecTiVo cause for celebration? Or is the HR20/HR21 good enough?

John P. Falcone covers home theater and network entertainment products. He's been writing for CNET since 2002.

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