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Set-Top Boxes

-- 16 Vendor Reports | 12 Products

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 who wish to use their current analog television sets to receive digital broadcasts. It is estimated  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Set-Top Boxes
BCM3118B: QAMLink® 64/256-QAM DVB/DAVIC Receiver
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 18 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY: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.

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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:   Posted: 09 Aug 2004 | Published: 07 Jan 2004
SUMMARY: 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.

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BCM93740 Advanced 3D Set-Top Box Development Platform
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY: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.

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BCM93740 Advanced 3D Set-Top Box Development Platform
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 20 Nov 2002
SUMMARY: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.

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Single-Chip DOCSIS™ 1.1/PVR Set-top Box Development Platform
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 21 Nov 2002
SUMMARY: The Broadcom BCM97110 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting standard definition decoding, broadband cable modem and personal video recording (PVR).

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BCM3116 QAMLink® 64/256-QAM ITU-B Receiver
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY: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.

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BCM7100 Single-Chip Cable Set-top Box System
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY: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.

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Cable
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY: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.

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BCM97110: Single-Chip DOCSIS 1.1/PVR Set-top Box Development Platform
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
SUMMARY:The Broadcom BCM97110 is an advanced set-top box development platform supporting standard definition decoding, broadband cable modem and personal video recording (PVR).

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BCM7110 Single-Chip Cable Set-top Box with DOCSIS® 1.1 and PVR
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 08 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
SUMMARY: 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.

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SET-TOP BOXES DEFINITION (continued): …  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 box is attached may be through a telephone line as, for example, with WebTV, or through a cable TV company like TCI.

In the DTV realm, a typical digital set-top box contains … 
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