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	Ruel.Net Set-Top Page and Interactive TV Top.Box.News [ http://ruel.net/top.box.news/ ]
		This set of webpages is a freely-accessible collection of commentaries and an annotated index of news links and information links dealing with the new interactive television media and set-top boxes.
		There are several different types of interactive set-top boxes including one for dial-up telephone-based internet-on-TV set-top boxes, another for digital cable TV set-top boxes, and yet another for digital satellite TV set-top boxes.
		So don't be too confused about the 56-Kbps modems for telephone-based set-top boxes if you are in a country that is finally getting cable internet modems (which are completely different and are more likely connected to PCs) or if you have just heard of the satellite boxes.
	ruel.net /top.box.news (1207 words)

	Set Top Box Cartoons
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	www.cartoonstock.com /directory/s/set_top_box.asp (280 words)

	TopixWEB - Acorn World '97 Transcripts
		Set-top box 3 will take the new ASIC3 superchip series and produce a new generation of set-top boxes that are approximately half to one third of the price of the current boxes, but something gonna reach about 10 to 20 times faster.
		Now set-top boxes traditionally we have thought people are tended to think of as simply MPEG decode boxes that display digital video on a TV screen.
		Ironically having apparently destroyed the Online Media organisation and merging the thing to the rest of Acorn we also now find that the set-top box business is now picking up steam with quite regular orders and we've received a number of these in the last few months.
	www.dnd.utwente.nl /topix/texts/aw97.html (280 words)

	What is set-top box? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		Set-top boxes fall into several categories, from the simplest that receive and unscramble incoming television signals to the more complex that will also function as multimedia desktop computers that can run a variety of advanced services such as videoconferencing, home networking, IP telephony, video-on-demand (VoD) and high-speed Internet TV services.
		Set-top boxes are commonly used to receive and decode digital television broadcasts and to interface with the Internet through the user’s television instead of a PC.
		Southwest Machine Company: Box Making Machine - Provides box making machines for producing custom corrugated shipping boxes on a just-in-time basis.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/S/set_top_box.html (278 words)

	QD:-Set Top Box India in Mumbai, Analog Vs. Digital CAS set top box
		Digital set top boxes are not tolerant of input power, slope and reflections on the network.
		Companies such as NTL and Telewest in the UK, Kirsch in Germany, UCN in Europe and Adelphia in the USA invested large sums in the new technology, buying new head-ends, new set top boxes but they underestimated the size of the task required to upgrade their networks to take the digital signals.
		The video signal is scrambled and a control data stream is simultaneously transmitted to authorise the set top box.
	www.quentind.com /quantum/products/set_top_box.htm (776 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sony VTX-D800U Freeview Digital TV Set Top Box: Electronics & Photo
		Tick the appropriate boxes to add these items to your Shopping Basket along with Sony VTX-D800U Freeview Digital TV Set Top Box.
		And as all Sony idTVs have an integrated digital decoder, no complicated wiring or additional boxes are needed.
		I was given this box after my cheapo grundig box went wrong after a year...the Sony has a better picture, and is easier to use.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TEV88 (1231 words)

	Digital Set Top Box Solutions
		Thomson TNT set top boxes with HyperPanel Lab Middleware: a popular choice in Germany.
		Thomson deployed new French TNT set top boxes with HyperPanel Lab Middleware.
		All of our set top box solutions are available on most set top box manufactuers based primarily on the ST Microelectronic microprocessor families ST55XX and other.
	www.hyperpanel.com /digital-set-top-box.php (210 words)

	eBay - set top box, CDs, Home Audio items on eBay.com
		Set of two Top Hat Wedding ring boxes.
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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=set+top+box&newu=1&krd=1 (770 words)

	Freeview set-top box receivers
		Set-top boxes can be purchased for a one-off fee of between £30 and £150, depending on the features and styling you're looking for.
		One of the smallest boxes around, the DEC 1100-t supercedes the DEC 1000-t, and is designed for receiving, decoding and displaying Digital Terrestrial Free-to-Air TV and Radio on a standard analogue TV set or video recorder (and not via your PC, as with other Hauppauge products).
		Features: Silver set top box with Top Up TV viewing card preloaded with 1 month subscription to Top Up TV (worth £7.99).
	www.radioandtelly.co.uk /freeviewreceivers.html (2128 words)

	Can Multimedia Be Platform Independent?
		Set top boxes, however, download digital media from a television or cable company, allowing greater numbers of broadcast channels, and being digital, an interactive element can be transmitted also.
		The release of online set top boxes and network computers (NCs) to the general public marks the beginning of the worldwide change in the way that we communicate with each other (see Figure 21).
		Java is set to become this element, and indeed, Acorn, apart from designing the NC, are also working with Sun Microsystems on a version of Java which can work alongside digital television, providing such features as TV and film listings, and video recorder programming facilities.
	www.sassquad.com /crossplatform/chap4.html (2128 words)

	Mediation Technology: Lessons in Learning
		The digital set-top boxes from Acorn Online Media contain very similar technology to the Network Computers which will shortly be available, at a considerably lower cost than a PC.
		ATM also allows personal computers to be mixed freely with set-top boxes (in future, Network Computers will be added to this mix).
		ATM allows servers to be distributed throughout the network, storing a mix of 'private' and 'public' information; and local area networks to be combined, in a relatively seamless fashion, with wide area communications.
	www.mediation.co.uk /lesson2.html (2128 words)

	Broadband Communications Solutions at Broadcom: Semiconductor Technology, Wi-Fi Integrated Circuits, VoIP (Voice Over IP) IC, Enterprise Wireless Networking
		Designed for DBS set-top boxes, Broadcom's chips provide a host of features and capabilities for the delivery and display of voice, video and data services over DBS networks.
		Manufacturers can now develop set-top boxes, DVD players and digital television entertainment systems with H.264/MPEG-4 standard video compression technology.
		Broadcom's integrated, low power chips empower networking equipment to transmit, manage and prioritize increasing amounts of complex voice, video and data traffic at broadband speeds, moving data to and from the desktop and throughout the business network.
	www.broadcom.com (2128 words)

	Acorn launches fast home NC CNET News.com
		Acorn launched one of the fastest set-top boxes today, one with a with 233-MHz processor, more evidence that the newest generation of simplified Internet access devices are gaining desktop PC-like power.
		Acorn's new Concord network computer (NC) advances the platform used by RCA for its recently introduced set-top box.
		When the new box was introduced at a cost of $300, the older boxes were immediately reduced to $199 and an additional $100 rebate was being offered for a limited time.
	news.com.com /2100-1033_3-203957.html (2128 words)

	Set-top box - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, digital set-top boxes (often referred to as digiboxes, or smobies, after Sky Digital's trademark for their unit) are usually for digital terrestrial television through services such as Freeview, a service operated by the Freeview Consortium, or through digital satellite with BSkyB and also with digital cable.
		Before cable-ready TV sets, a set-top box was used to receive analog cable TV channels and convert them to one that could be seen on a regular TV (channel 3 or 4 in North America, or channel 6 or 7 in the United Kingdom).
		A digital set-top box is needed for receiving digital TV broadcasts, because the vast majority of TV sets do not yet have such a tuner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Set-top_box (449 words)

	New Microsoft set-top box ready to roll CNET News.com
		On the inside, it's a Windows CE-based product with a 733MHz Celeron--slow by PC standards but downright zippy in the world of set-top boxes.
		The new box, which is being made by Thomson and sold under the RCA brand, will be shipped to stores starting next week.
		Though MSN TV2 is the successor to the original WebTV devices, the new box is a vast departure from its predecessors.
	news.com.com /New+Microsoft+set-top+...+roll/2100-1041_3-5381459.html (884 words)

	Halfbakery: Set Top Box
		No, the reason they don't do this is because it would no longer fit in a set top box if they did.
		One of the problems is the shortsighted design of the required set top box.
		They can make those boxes so small and affordable (I won't lie and say they're cheap) because they have exactly one modulator circuit which is tuned to the lowest frequency channel in the band, and exactly one digital decoder, and exactly one demodulator which can be tuned to any of the incoming channels.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Set_20Top_20Box (951 words)

	High-Tech Dictionary Definition
		(STB).A box that sits on top of a television set and is the interface between the home television and the cable TV company.New technologies evolving for set-top boxes are video-on-demand, video games, educational services, database searches, and home shopping.
	www.computeruser.com /resources/dictionary/definition.html?lookup=4554 (39 words)

	2Wire.com: Set Top Boxes
		MediaPortal set top boxes are capable of receiving satellite and local off-air television programming in both high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) formats.
		Because the MediaPortal set top box is connected to your home network, its built-in Web interface will let you listen to music and view your photos from any browser-enabled device in the home or you can enjoy your media remotely with Web Remote Access service.
		The MediaPortal set top box records and stores up to 180 hours of SD programming, up to 25 hours of HD programming, or any combination of the two on its huge 250 GB hard disk drive.
	www.2wire.com /?p=11 (624 words)

	Set Top Box Homepage
		Increaslingly however, set top boxes are being used as a gateway to the internet and as a hub for home networking.
		This family of set top box solutions are offered to meet the needs of traditional digital set top box applications and emerging advanced applications like web browsing and e-commerce, which drive the need for more advanced, high-performance, affordable semiconductor solutions.
		This way, the set top box becomes a central piece of home computing equipment beyond the normal role of passive entertainment and migrates into home networking and e-commerce arenas.
	www.research.ibm.com /vid/settop_body.html (1206 words)

	Audio/video entertainment devices with Linux inside
		The device is part of i3's "Mood solution," which includes set-top boxes, streaming servers (for IP TV and video-on-demand), and system management servers.
		VT Media set-top box -- [Apr. 8, 2002] -- The highly compact Linux-based VT100 set-top box enables several data streams, including Ethernet 10/100, to be converted to composite analog RF data streams or digital S-Video data streams compatible with all standard TV sets.
		The box will also serve as an DSL router and radio.
	www.linuxdevices.com /articles/AT5690634012.html (4274 words)

	Dictionary of Computers - set-top box
		Such boxes represent a means of linking television sets to a network such as the
		Box containing decoding equipment for satellite or cable television broadcasts.
		World Wide Web using their televisions as the monitor, or to view video-on-demand.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/dictionaries/computers/data/m0050956.html (199 words)

	DVD/Set-Top Box Reference Design
		Power Integrations’ new Design Accelerator Kit (DAK-32) is for applications such as DVD players/recorders and set-top boxes.
		The DAK-32 features a cost-effective, energy-efficient 20-W power supply reference design that easily meets a 1-W standby input power consumption and delivers enough peak power to start motors and spin up drives found in DVD players and recorders.
		Nov 19, 2003 12:00 PM, Edited by PETech Staff
	powerelectronics.com /news/power_dvdsettop_box_reference_2/index.html (252 words)

	Comet - Home Entertainment - Televisions - SAGEM - Freeview box
		Home > Home Entertainment > Televisions > Digital Set Top Boxes
		You will soon be able to select your pick-up store and date when you take your SAGEM ITD62 to the checkout.
		Allows you to view TV listings in advance to help you plan y our viewing.
	www.comet.co.uk /comet/html/cache/191493.html (537 words)

	Interview with DISCover Interactive Systems about DISCover Gaming Console
		Rather than reinvent the wheel, they are attempting to develop the technology that will enable set-top boxes to access the computer's virtually limitless supply of games; while simplifying the process of gaming with drop and play technology.
		Certainly these are strong ambitions from a relatively unknown company in the gaming scene.
	www.hardwareaccelerated.com /content/interviews/discover/index.php (626 words)

	Acorn NC
		Acorn has released one of the most advanced set-top boxes in the world, the Acorn STB22.
		This digital set-top box is intelligent and purposely built for interactive TV, which means it is designed to handle all forms of online media to an extremely high standard.
		Acorn Computer Group plc, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, is one of the world's leading developers and suppliers of innovative technology designs and consultancy.
	www.ncns.com /news/stb22.html (626 words)

	Newsbytes News Network: UK - Acorn Interactive TV Trial A Runaway Success
		Acorn Online Media developed its set-top boxes and consultancy to other trials and commercial programmes, while Cambridge Cable carried out the installation, management and support for broadband services in a digital switched network.
		Launched in September 1994 by a consortium of Acorn Online Media, Anglia Television, Advanced Telecommunications Modules (ATML), Cambridge Cable and later ICL, the CiTV Trial set out to test and act as a platform on which to develop networked multimedia services and to explore the business rationale behind the provision of interactive TV services.
		Acorn Computers has reported that the Cambridge Interactive Television Trial (CiTV), first launched back in 1994, has proven to be something of a success, both for the users, as well as the TV industry.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1997_March_21/ai_19230584 (626 words)

	Know it all Inc. (O)
		The interactive set-top boxes are not limited to the television - personal computer videoconferencing and extended networking are being developed.
		In logic, the set of operators "not" and "or" is orthogonal, but the set "nand", "or", and "not" is not (because any one of these can be expressed in terms of the others).
		Used in a generalisation of its mathematical meaning to describe sets of primitives or capabilities that, like a vector basis in geometry, span the entire "capability space" of the system and are in some sense non-overlapping or mutually independent.
	artikbre.synchro.net /docs/O.html (626 words)

	Digital Spy Forums - Why "Set Top Box"
		I think its because in the early days of set top boxes, TV sets had flat tops and (mock) wooden cases etc. This meant a box could happily sit on top of a TV without falling off.
		Its called a Set-Top Box because it it in therory sits on top of your TV but as TVs are getting narrower and narrower they have to sit else where.
		I think there was a thread on this last year, from what i remember we concluded that 80% of people did not have their "set top box" on top of their set.
	forum.digitalspy.co.uk /board/showthread.php?t=117173 (626 words)

	MP3Car.com Forums - IC's Simple Switchers
		hes a physics masters student and he's built set top boxes befor as part of his masters.
		a friend of mine is making a set top box to run of a bus's 24 volt power supply (basicly a computer, but not using standard hardware, well acorn chipsets are probably not standard....).
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	www.mp3car.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8651 (626 words)

	BE Radio Currents Online
		The company plans to merge the company’s traditional strengths in DVDs, satellite set-top boxes and other electronics devices with its newly developed experience in digital radio, resulting in next-generation convergence devices.
		IBOPE Media Information offers TV audience measurement services in 13 countries as well as advertising expenditure and radio audience measurement services and other media related products, such as TGI, which is held in partnership with Kantar Media Research in several countries.
		The combination brings together the two leading Spanish-language media companies to create the premier broadcasting, marketing and entertainment company serving the nation’s 35 million Hispanics, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population.
	beradio.com /mag/radio_radio_currents_online_23 (626 words)

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