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2. Digital television adapter - Wikipedia

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   A digital TV converter box. A digital television adapter (DTA), commonly known as a converter box 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.

3. 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 ...

4. DTV receiver - Wikipedia

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   A USB digital TV receiver with its antenna. A DTV receiver is a set-top box that permits the reception of digital television.Its components are very similar to a desktop PC. The DTV receiver is a vital link in the chain of television syste

5. Digital television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The five main ATSC formats of DTV currently [when?] broadcast in the U.S. are: . Standard definition—480i, to maintain compatibility with existing NTSC sets when a digital television broadcast is converted back to an analog one [citation needed] —either by a converter box or a cable/satellite operator's proprietary equipment

6. Digital television - Wikipedia

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   It was not until the 1990s that digital TV became a real possibility. [7] Digital television was previously not practically feasible due to the impractically high bandwidth requirements of uncompressed video, [8] [9] requiring around 200 Mbit/s for a standard-definition television (SDTV) signal, [8] and over 1 Gbit/s for high-definition ...

7. ATSC tuner - Wikipedia

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   In the US broadcast digital TV system, an ATSC receiver then decodes the TS and displays it on a TV. An ATSC ( Advanced Television Systems Committee ) tuner , often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner , is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television (DTV) television channels that use ATSC standards , as transmitted ...