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What kinds of set-top boxes are available?

There's already a cable TV at home, and you want to buy one?

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A TV set-top box is a set-top box, if you are two TV sets can also go to the radio and television network company to apply for one side machine business, auxiliary machine every month management fee 10 yuan in general, but you need to buy your own set-top box.
It can be divided into one-way set-top boxes, two-way set-top boxes and IPTV set-top boxes according to functions.Digital video converter box (Set Top Box STB), commonly known as set-top boxes or set-top boxes, is a device that connects a television to an external signal source. It can compress the digital signals into television content and show them on the tv. The signals can come from cables, satellite antennas, broadband networks, and terrestrial broadcasting. In addition to the image and sound provided by analog television, the set-top box receives more digital content, including electronic program guide, Internet web page, subtitle and so on.
According to the standard, they can be divided into digital satellite set-top boxes (DVB-S), European digital terrestrial set-top boxes (DVB-T), GB digital terrestrial set-top boxes (DTMB) and cable TV digital set top boxes (DVB-C).
A set-top box that includes only digital devices in the narrow sense1, according to the standard, can be divided into digital satellite set-top boxes (DVB-S), European standard digital terrestrial set-top boxes (DVB-T), GB digital terrestrial set-top boxes (DTMB), cable TV digital set top box (DVB-C).2, according to the function is divided into one-way set-top boxes, two-way set-top boxes, IPTV set-top boxes.

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