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Set-top box

A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other…

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Set-top box

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Edges131
Triples126
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
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Set-top box

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related to Hybrid box · 22
Set-top box → ADB, Advanced Digital Broadcast, Also, Android, As, By, DTT, DTT/IPTV, Europe's, HbbTV, Hybrid, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV, In, Internet, IPTV, Movistar TV, Polish, Smart, Smart TV, Telefónica
related to Ambiguities in the definition · 15
Set-top box → Additionally, Because, DVD, IP, IP-based, NTBs, PVR, RF, Smart TV, The, The Roku LT, TV, USB, VCR, With
related to UHF converter · 14
Set-top box → All-Channel Receiver Act, As, Before, Canada, Mexico, MHz, North America, NTSC-M, TV, TVs, UHF, UHF-TV, US, VHF
related to IPTV receiver · 12
Set-top box → ADSL, Ethernet, Europe, Gbit/s, HomePNA, In, In IPTV, IP, IPTV, ITU-T, US, Wireless
related to Energy use · 10
Set-top box → American, American National Resources Defense, Council, Energy, Energy Star, In June, In November, National Cable, Telecommunications Association, United States Department
related to TV signal sources · 10
Set-top box → BPL, Content, DSL, Ethernet, Internet, Satellite, Set-top, The, UHF, VHF
related to Europe · 8
Set-top box → Europe, In Europe, RGB, SCART, The, This SCART, TV, VCR
related to Software alternatives · 6
Set-top box → As, DVD, DVR-like, Microsoft's Media Center, MythTV, Select-TV
related to Closed captioning box · 5
Set-top box → North America, Set-top, Some, TV, V-chip
related to Costs · 5
Set-top box → According, In, Los Angeles Times, TV, United States

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set-top television cable boxes box tv digital also video channels signal analogue internet uhf content terrestrial use converter satellite sets

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Set-top boxis asmall computer providing two-way communications on an IP network and decoding the video streaming media0.90text
digital media playersinstance ofas well as other uses0.80text
HomePNA or the ITU-T G.hn standardinstance ofor one of the existing wire home networking technologies0.80text
which provides a way to create a high-speedinstance ofor one of the existing wire home networking technologies0.80text
MythTVinstance ofsoftware0.80text
Select-TVinstance ofsoftware0.80text
Microsoft's Media Center have developed features comparable to those of set-top boxesinstance ofsoftware0.80text
ranging from basic DVR-like functionality to DVD copyinginstance ofsoftware0.80text
home automationinstance ofsoftware0.80text
and housewide music or video playback.Firmware update featuresAlmost all modern set-top boxes feature automatic firmware update processesinstance ofsoftware0.80text
and housewide music or video playbackinstance ofsoftware0.80text
DVB's Common Interfaceinstance ofStandards0.80text

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