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Set-Top Boxes
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ALSO CALLED: STB, Cable Boxes, and Set Top Boxes
DEFINITION: A set-top box is a device that enables a television set to become a user interface to the Internet and also enables a television set to receive and decode digital television (DTV) broadcasts. DTV set-top boxes are sometimes called receivers. A set-top box is necessary to television viewers
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BCM3118B: QAMLink® 64/256-QAM DVB/DAVIC Receiver
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:A 64/256-QAM DVB/DAVIC Receiver that supports the ITU/Annex A transmission standard and integrates a 64/256 variable rate QAM demodulator, FEC, a 10-bit A/D converter, all-digital tracking loops, and an adaptive decision feedback equalizer. Posted: 18 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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Broadcom Further Supports NDS Relationship by Offering XTV? Compliant Chips for Personal Video Recording Applications
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRESS RELEASE:
Broadcom Corporation, today announced that the company's cable and digital broadcast satellite (DBS) set-top box chips have been certified to support XTV? personal TV technology and NDS Core? middleware from NDS Group plc, a News Corporation company.
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 | Published: 07 Jan 2004
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BCM93740 Advanced 3D Set-Top Box Development Platform
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:The Broadcom BCM93740 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting high definition television (HDTV), dual standard definition decoding and broadband cable modem internet access. Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 20 Nov 2002
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BCM93740 Advanced 3D Set-Top Box Development Platform
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:The Broadcom BCM93740 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting high definition television (HDTV), dual standard definition decoding and broadband cable modem internet access. Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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Single-Chip DOCSIS 1.1/PVR Set-top Box Development Platform
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
The Broadcom BCM97110 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting standard definition decoding, broadband cable modem and personal video recording (PVR).
Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 21 Nov 2002
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BCM3116 QAMLink® 64/256-QAM ITU-B Receiver
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:A 64/256-QAM MCNS/DOCSIS Receiver includes the following functions: on-chip 10-bit A/D converter, variable rate all-digital 4-, 16-, 64-, 256-QAM demodulator, adaptive decision feedback equalizer, 64 and 256 QAM ITU Annex B FEC. Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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BCM7100 Single-Chip Cable Set-top Box System
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:The BCM7100 is a cable set-top box system on a single chip, integrating Broadcom's field-proven BCM3120 Cable Transceiver technology, BCM7010 MPEG/AC3 Decoder technology, BCM7014 Advanced 2D/3D Graphics and System Integration technology. Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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Cable
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:Broadcom's cable product line consists of integrated circuits and software solutions for cable modems, residential gateways, set-top boxes, cable modem termination systems and other home entertainment equipment. Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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BCM97110: Single-Chip DOCSIS 1.1/PVR Set-top Box Development Platform
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:The Broadcom BCM97110 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting standard definition decoding, broadband cable modem and personal video recording (PVR). Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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BCM7110 Single-Chip Cable Set-top Box with DOCSIS® 1.1 and PVR
| sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
The BCM7110 is a single-chip set-top box device that combines the key aspects required for the next generation of set-top boxes including cost-effective single-chip design, personal video recording (PVR) broadband communication via DOCSIS 1.1 cable modem.
Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
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SET-TOP BOXES DEFINITION (continued):
who wish to use their current analog television sets to receive digital broadcasts. It is estimated that 35 million homes will use digital set-top boxes by the end of 2006, the estimated year ending the transition to DTV. In the Internet realm, a set-top box is really a specialized computer that can "talk to" the Internet - that is, it contains a Web browser (which is really a Hypertext Transfer Protocol client) and the Internet's main program, TCP/IP. The service to which the set-top
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