Talk:Set-top box/Archives/2011

IPTV + POE
What does Power over ethernet has to do with the definition of IPTV? It looks like the definition of IPTV given is flawed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.92.121.10 (talk) 14:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Merging Cable Converter Box with Set-Top Box
A Cable Converter Box may or may not be a Set-Top Box, particularly with New Television Sets coming out that may or may not have embedded converter/descrambler, the idea of a Cable Converter or a Descrambler are still viable while the nomenclature "Set-Top Box" speaks more to the location of a box and is fundementally in error. It is a slang word not the Scientific Name of the actual box or function itself. The Converter or Descrambler may or may not reside on the "Set-Top". However I have no objection to moving the discussion of Set-Top Box to the Converter/Descrambler which is a function that a "Set-top box" performs. A VCR, DVR, or DVD player can depending on the features as a Cable Converter Box. Should we then Add VCR, DVR, or DVD players to the "Set-Top Box" article. We then should just change the name of a VCR, DVR, and DVD players to "Set-Top Box" as well.

Michael William Meissner (talk) 05:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I opt also for that. The articles should be merged. SAE1962 (talk) 07:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The various articles on ATSC -> NTSC converters would be more likely candidates to be merged (with each other), North American DTV links multiple articles on topics related to these boxes at the moment. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 11:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

No, There all completely dif tech —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.12.233.23 (talk) 05:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)


 * No to merge - as in Australia "Set top boxes" refer ONLY to boxes used to obtaining the new HD/SD digital service from an antenna. The other boxes mentioned in the article are not called that. In Australia we use PAL, NOT NTSC. QUOTE"Should we then Add VCR, DVR, or DVD players to the "Set-Top Box" article. We then should just change the name of a VCR, DVR, and DVD players to "Set-Top Box" as well."UNQUOTE QUOTE"It is a slang word"UNQUOTE- I support these comments!

FoolesTroupe (talk) 12:28, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes. The term "cable converter box" is mainly used in the USA which has had cable TV for many more years than the UK. I cannot speak for other countries. "Set-top Box" is an inadequate term to describe the various technologies which may be employed in TV standards conversion, however it is in such common usage to mean the same as a satellite, cable or terrestrial-dtv converter, that the terms are nearly synonymous - a "cable converter box" is a subset of "set-top box". In my experience at a Canadian branch of Radio Shack, the term "converter" was often incorrectly used to describe a TV remote control, taken from the fact that many people used the converter's remote to change channel rather than the old rotary tuning dial, and so a disambiguation page may be required, or at least an honourable mention. Grantwray (talk) 14:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

SCART used for decoding Pay-TV?
Following sentence is written in the text:

"The SCART feature is used for decoding Pay TV in Europe"

This should by the CI function is being used to insert CAM´s for pay TV decoding, no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.154.219.97 (talk) 14:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * SCART provides analogue video input and output connections, nothing more. It may be of use as a point to connect an analogue descrambler, but would be of no use in handling scrambled digital content. The common interface is part of the DVB spec and is therefore handling digital video. The two approaches are therefore mutually exclusive. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 11:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Not all Australain set top boxes use SCART - they use BNC. FoolesTroupe (talk)

Definition? Or Not?>_<
Is there a clear definition of "set-top box"? It seems that boxes which only tune or demodulate a signal for viewing on an external TV (UHF converter, cable converter, satellite integrated receiver-decoder) are included, but boxes which primarily provide storage, replay or similar functions (VCR, DVD recorder, DVR's for terrestrial TV) are not. This leaves some grey areas: the original DishPlayer units were a PVR and a WebTV terminal integrated into a Dish Network DVB-S box, and are considered set-top boxes, but what of a WebTV terminal on its own? --66.102.80.212 (talk) 14:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)