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  2. Converter/descrambler - Wikipedia

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    When a descrambler is added to the Cable Converter Box in the same chassis, it is referred to as a Converter/Descrambler or sometimes a Combination Unit, and is a type of Set-top box, it allows : local broadcast channels, basic cable channels, authorized premium channels, "Pay-Per-View" (PPV), and “Video On Demand” (VOD) services to be viewed.

  3. Integrated receiver/decoder - Wikipedia

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    direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television applications like DirecTV, Astra or DishTV; fixed service satellite (FSS) applications like VideoCipher, DigiCipher, or PowerVu; digital audio radio satellite (DARS) applications like XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio; digital audio broadcasting (DAB) applications like Eureka 147 and IBOC

  4. Cable converter box - Wikipedia

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    Pace Micro Technology DC757X HD cable box. A cable converter box or television converter box is an electronic tuning device that transposes/converts channels from a cable television service to an analog RF signal on a single channel, usually VHF channel 3 or 4, or to a different output for digital televisions such as HDMI.

  5. Videocipher - Wikipedia

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    Videocipher II satellite descrambler stand-alone box sold by General Instrument. VideoCipher is a brand name of analog scrambling and de-scrambling equipment for cable and satellite television invented primarily to enforce Television receive-only (TVRO) satellite equipment to only receive TV programming on a subscription basis.

  6. DirecTV satellite fleet - Wikipedia

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    DirecTV 2 was launched on August 3, 1994, aboard an Atlas 2-A rocket from Cape Canaveral. This spacecraft is special in that it carries a time capsule named SpaceArc, with the intention of moving the spacecraft into a higher orbit at the end of its life so that an explorer would be able to uncover the messages in the distant future.

  7. Digital television adapter - Wikipedia

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    A digital TV converter box. A digital television adapter (DTA), commonly known as a converter box, DTV converter , or decoder box, is a television tuner that receives a digital television (DTV) transmission, and converts the digital signal into an analog signal that can be received and displayed on an analog television set.

  8. Digital Satellite Service - Wikipedia

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    Also unlike DVB, all DSS receivers are proprietary DirecTV reception units. DirecTV is now using a modified version of DVB-S2, the latest version of the DVB-S protocol, for HDTV services off the SPACEWAY-1, SPACEWAY-2, DirecTV-10 and DirecTV-11 [2] satellites; however, huge numbers of DSS encoded channels still remain. The ACM modulation scheme ...

  9. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter dishes to receive TV signals in C band. In 1976 Taylor Howard built an amateur system, which consisted of a converted military surplus radar dish and a satellite receiver designed and built by Howard, for home satellite reception.