enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Coupon-eligible converter box - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupon-eligible_converter_box

    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 ...

  3. Digital television adapter - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_adapter

    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.

  4. Digital television transition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_transition

    Consequently, a digital converter box – an electronic device that connects to an analog television – must be used to allow the television to receive digital broadcasts. In the United States, the government subsidized the purchase of such boxes for consumers via their coupon-eligible converter box program in 2009, funded by a small part of ...

  5. ebook - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook

    An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading e-books and digital periodicals. An e-reader is similar in form, but more limited in purpose than a tablet .

  6. Comparison of e-book formats - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

    The first e-books were in plain text (.txt) format, supplied for free by the Project Gutenberg community, but the format itself existed before e-books. The plain text format doesn't support DRM or formatting options (such as different fonts, graphics or colors).

  7. Digital television transition in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television...

    Now that the switch from analog to digital broadcasts is complete, analog TVs are incapable of receiving over-the-air broadcasts without the addition of a set-top converter box. Consequently, a digital-to-analog converter, an electronic device that connects to an analog television, must be used in order to allow the television to receive ...

  8. Converter/descrambler - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converter/descrambler

    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 ...

  9. Cable converter box - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Converter_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.