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In the United States, the LNB connected to a Dish Network receiver remains powered so the system can receive software and firmware updates and guide information over the air at night. In Turkey, another LNB type Digiturk MDUs are kept powered to receive VOD content, STB firmware, EPG data, and pay-TV keys in order to watch encrypted content.
The Hopper provides standard television functionality, including an electronic program guide, picture-in-picture support, and digital video recorder functionality. [1] The "Primetime Anytime" feature uses one of the three tuners on the unit to automatically record primetime programming being broadcast by the four major U.S. television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox) and presents them in a ...
HD PVR Plus Receiver (9242) was a dual-tuner PVR. It included channel distribution (allowing multiple TVs to use this receiver in standard definition), picture-in-picture (watching two channels simultaneously on one TV), and an over-the-air TV tuner (to watch and record non-satellite programming). Bell commonly sold the 9241, a dual-tuner PVR ...
A separate tuner is required to receive HD satellite broadcasts. Cable television companies in the U.S. generally prefer to use 256-QAM to transmit HDTV. Many of the newer HDTVs with integrated digital tuners include support for decoding 256-QAM in addition to 8VSB for OTA digital. Cable television companies started carrying HDTV in 2003.
QAM is used in a variety of communications systems such as Dial-up modems and WiFi. In cable systems, a QAM tuner is linked to the cable in a manner that is equivalent to an ATSC tuner which is required to receive over-the-air (OTA) digital channels broadcast by local television stations when attached to an antenna. Most new HDTV digital ...
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 by television stations in North America (including parts of Central America) and South Korea.
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Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD Tuner Review (US version, not DVB-T), Stephen Lovely at cordcutting.com, Last modified: January 2, 2020; The Best USB TV Tuner for PCs, NVIDIA Shield TV, Xbox One, Jim Kimble at cordcuttingreport.com, October 17, 2019