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2. Pillarbox - Wikipedia

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   Pillarbox. Pillarboxed image, picture taken at 4:3 aspect ratio and displayed on a 16:9 monitor. The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image. It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is shown on a widescreen ...

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. Entertainment center - Wikipedia

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   An entertainment center (or centre), also known as an entertainment complex or a home entertainment center, is a piece of furniture designed to house consumer electronic appliances and components. It is sometimes a large cabinet with an exterior styled to appear like upscale furniture and an interior dedicated to electronic gear, such as home ...

5. Telecommunications pedestal - Wikipedia

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   A telecommunications pedestal is a ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables. Technicians require access to connection points. Placing such a point underground (e.g., in a utility vault) is expensive, so pedestals are preferred when they are an acceptable choice. Pedestals are used for CATV (known as a cable box ...

6. Streaming television - Wikipedia

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   Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as television series and films, streamed over the Internet. [1] Standing in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems, [2] streaming television is provided as over-the-top media (OTT), [3] or as Internet Protocol ...

7. Cable box - Wikipedia

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   Cable box (electronics) an electronic device that controls cable television in individual homes. Cable box (outside) a box located outside a residence that connects cable television. The Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "cable box." the television set-top box is sometimes referred ...