Digital set top boxes are required to receive a digital television signal on ones set. They can be purchased at Best Buy and Future Shop. One can also purchase them on Amazon and eBay. They are also regularly available from most cable providers.
In the UK most set top boxes are used for Freeview, the digital television terrestrial service. Set top boxes also include cable and satellite receivers so s set top box may not be a Freeview box. In the US, digital set top boxes do a similar job but as Freeview is a British service, they won't be Freeview boxes.
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Set top boxes are used to add additional television channels using a broadcast platform that is not directly supported by a television. Cable, digital terrestrial and satellite platforms all use set top boxes. The "best" set top box is the one that operates on your chosen platform. In today's digital age, quality of output remains identical for almost any make or model. Features such as recording, live pause, recording scheduling and program guides may all vary and it is these that make the difference between poor and good set top boxes. As the user interface is rarely described in brochures, the only way to find out how they perform is to try them, if you are able to get to working demonstration models in stores.
Amazon sells freeview set top boxes, such as the Labgear LABFV300. Argos is another option with Goodman's Twin SCART Low Energy Freeview Digital Set TopBox. Tesco sells the Icecrypt T2400 Freeview HD Set Top Box and PVR.
Dac Magic 100 is a good brand of digital analog converter. It extracts real hi-fi sound from a variety of gadgets including Blu-Ray players, Apple Macs, PCs, TVs and set-top boxes.
the brands of cable converter boxes commonly used are manufactured by VTImage, Comcast and set top boxes provided by companies such as Sky, Cable and BT.
Yes you will. The digital switch over that is progressing in many countries is supported by the promotion of digital set top boxes. They are available at a minimal cost ($25 in the US or £20 in the UK for example). The set top box receives the digital transmissions and converts the signal to analog video and audio signals to be fed into an analog television. With a very few exceptions, analog televisions will not handle HD channels but they should be quite capable of receiving all SD channels. Similarly, most satellite and cable boxes have SD analog outputs so analog televisions will work with most broadcast platforms.
You need a set top box as well as media receiver.
A Digital Television (DTV) Converter Box is an electronic device that converts the new free over-the-air digital signal into an analog signal viewable on older "analog" television set. The digital to analog converter box connects your antenna or rabbit ears to your TV set. It will allow you to continue watching TV after February 17, 2009, the day the transition to "all digital" takes place. A digital to analog converter box will not give you a digital picture on an analog TV set. Analog TV sets using the set top boxes will show digital broadcasts, but not in the full picture quality of digital TV. However, your picture will be better than it was with the old analog signal. Technically speaking about picture quality: The reason the picture quality won't be as good on an analog TV set is because of the display resolution. Analog TV screens aren't designed to display the same level of picture quality and resolution that is found in the digital TV signal.
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The Sony VTX-D8000U Freeview Digital TV Set Top Box can be purchased online from Amazon and eBay. Used units can be purchased from Gum Tree and from sellers on the Digital Spy website.