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An add-on box to your TV that makes it possible to receive [[Digital Television]]. Usually this SetTopBox (STB) implements many nice features like an Electronic Program Guide ([[EPG]]), recording and/or Streaming facilities, [[Time Shifting]] etc.
An add-on box to your TV that makes it possible to receive [[Digital Television]]. Usually this SetTopBox (STB) implements many nice features like an Electronic Program Guide ([[EPG]]), [[Recording]] and/or [[Streaming]] facilities, [[Time Shifting]] etc.


For PCs several free software projects implement a full-featured STB, some examples are [[VDR]], [[MythTV]], [[KaxTV]].
For PCs several free software projects implement a full-featured STB, some examples are [[VDR]], [[MythTV]], [[KaxTV]].

Revision as of 17:28, 19 September 2004

An add-on box to your TV that makes it possible to receive Digital Television. Usually this SetTopBox (STB) implements many nice features like an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), Recording and/or Streaming facilities, Time Shifting etc.

For PCs several free software projects implement a full-featured STB, some examples are VDR, MythTV, KaxTV.

For embdedded devices like the dbox2 or the Dreambox projects like Enigma and Neutrino provide a free software.