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Comcast has since introduced the XiD set-top box with the same form factor as the original DTA design but adds an HDMI output and access to X1 DVRs and channels via its digital cable and IP tuning abilities. [5] In 2012, an HD-DTA was launched adding an HDMI connection and RF remote support to the original DTA design.
Cable giant Comcast, hoping to build a new bridge to the streaming-centric video landscape, this week announced the availability of the Xumo Stream Box — a device it’s providing for no extra ...
The General Instrument/Motorola DCT2000 is a cable box used for watching TV by way of digital cable. These set-top boxes were popular in the late 1990s up until the mid to late 2000s, when the adoption of more sophisticated successors, namely those set-tops with the ability to record live programming began.
An addressable cable box is one that can be controlled by the local cable company. Addressability is the process by which (optionally encrypted) messages are sent from the cable provider for a particular cable box via the cable signal. The cable company can "address" a particular customer's cable box to command it to activate or deactivate the ...
Xfinity Voice (formerly Comcast Digital Voice) is a Voice Over IP cable telephony service that was launched in 2005 in some markets, [75] and to all of Comcast's markets in 2006. Comcast's older service, Comcast Digital Phone, continued to offer service for a brief period, until Comcast shut it down around in late 2007. [ 76 ]
DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (or DSG) is a specification describing how out-of-band data is delivered to a cable set-top box. Cable set-top boxes need a reliable source of out of band data for information such as program guides, channel lineups, and updated code images.
News of Comcast’s cable spin-off broke Tuesday, coming less than a month after the company told investors on Oct. 31 it was exploring the scenario. Comcast is not holding a conference call with ...
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) is an international standards consortium that publishes specifications for networking over coaxial cable.The technology was originally developed to distribute IP television in homes using existing cabling, but is now used as a general-purpose Ethernet link where it is inconvenient or undesirable to replace existing coaxial cable with optical fiber or ...