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2. Converter/descrambler - Wikipedia

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   A Combination Converter/Descrambler is generally called a Set-top box or STB it is a single (one-piece) system installed in a single cabinet and represents a single component that is capable of descrambling premium services, like HBO or Showtime, pay-per-view cable channels., Video on Demand, Games or other specialty pay services, and ...

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Spectrum cable introduces a new souped-up ‘cable box ... - AOL

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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

6. Scrambler - Wikipedia

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   Descramble in cable television context is the act of taking a scrambled or encrypted video signal that has been provided by a cable television company for premium television services, processed by a scrambler and then supplied over a coaxial cable and delivered to the household where a set-top box reprocesses the signal, thus descrambling it ...

7. Set-top box - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Cable television piracy - Wikipedia

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   Other ways of cable theft were using a cable TV converter box (also known as a descrambler or "black box") to steal all channels and decrypt pay-per-view events, whereas a normal converter would only decrypt the ones paid for by the customer. The cable companies could send an electronic signal, called a "bullet", that would render illegal ...

9. Cable television - Wikipedia

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   Most cable companies require a set-top box (cable converter box) or a slot on one's TV set for conditional access module cards [2] to view their cable channels, even on newer televisions with digital cable QAM tuners, because most digital cable channels are now encrypted, or scrambled, to reduce cable service theft. A cable from the jack in the ...