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To prevent this, cable providers built stronger protection against theft into new digital cable systems that were deployed beginning in the mid-1990s as part of the changeover to the new digital HDTV standard, along with assessing a large fine for the entire cost of a set-top box if the customer didn't return it upon the termination of services.
The General Instrument/Motorola DCT2000 is a cable box used for watching TV by way of digital cable. These set-top boxes were popular in the late 1990s up until the mid to late 2000s, when the adoption of more sophisticated successors, namely those set-tops with the ability to record live programming began.
A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...
While Verizon claimed it was a long-term business decision (instead of a carriage dispute), The Weather Channel launched a campaign to urge viewers to contact Fios about restoring the cable channel and its services. [23] It was announced on June 19, 2019, that The Weather Channel would return to Fios carriage beginning June 24, 2019. [24]
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The new box, called XUMO, replaces the old set-top cable box and has several new features. Spectrum cable introduces a new souped-up ‘cable box.’ What it does, how much it costs
Some merchants may provide a refund upon seeing the item delivered to the same ZIP code; however this is generally used by fake online stores when selling items. This scam exploits a flaw in the tracking system; online tracking will usually only show the ZIP code the package was delivered to, instead of the full address. [6]
The amount customers will be eligible for will depend on how long they’ve been with Verizon. Minimum payouts will come in at $15, with some customers potentially receiving as much as $100.