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The central concept of the system is a unique number, a PlusCode, assigned to each programme, and published in television listings in newspapers and magazines (such as TV Guide). To record a programme, the code number is taken from the newspaper and input into the video recorder, which would then record on the correct channel at the correct time.
A coupon-eligible converter box (CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy "coupons" from the United States government.The subsidy program was enacted to provide terrestrial television viewers with an affordable way to continue receiving free digital terrestrial television services after the nation's television service transitioned to digital ...
Non-cable-ready television sets are older televisions (e.g., with a rotary knob) with no coaxial cable F connector; a cable converter box or a cable-ready VCR is necessary to receive cable. After ending the analogue CATV transmissions, an (analogue) cable-ready TV or VCR is no longer be able to tune cable channels directly.
Charter’s Spectrum cable company introduces XUMO, a new box that replaces your current set-top cable box and gives you access to streaming sites. Voice command: The remote also has a voice ...
The analog VCR or DVR may record at preset times, but will continue recording the L-1 line input, which would be the same channel unless the channel is manually changed. [citation needed] Alternatively, the user may purchase a new TV, DVR, or DVD recorder with a built-in digital tuner.
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.
Cable-ready is a designation which indicates that a TV set or other television-receiving device (such as a VCR or DVR) is capable of receiving cable TV without a set-top box. [ 1 ] The term originated with analog TV , which uses different frequencies for cable versus over-the-air .
Any converter box converts the digital signal for the current digital sub-channel to an analog signal (at the reduced screen resolution of the analog standard), outputs that signal onto analog channel 3 or 4 (set by the user to avoid any conflict with local over-the-air channels) and sends that signal to the analog tuner on the TV.