Digital Age Paves The Way For Set-up Box

Published:2010/7/13 19:37:00 Author:Michelle From:SeekIC

In the contemporary digital age, digital television has become more prevalent in the common families. As our demands have increased rapidly, hoping to see more and more channels, the previous digital TV can not satisfy us. Therefore, as the counterpart, the set-up box has been produced since a few years ago.

A set-top box, or set-top unit, is a device that connects to a television, turning the signals into pictures that can be displayed on the TV screens or other display devices. Comparing to the previous ones, signals transmitted by a set-up box are much more clear and stable.

As to buy a set-up box, several attentions must be paid to and taken into account. First and most important is that it must be easy for use. It should be easy for both young and old. Once all settings have been installed, it shouldn’t be reinstalled after the previous time. Second is the device must have the function of being remote scheduled. That is, the remote scheduling function can come to the rescue the channels that you had missed. Then, if you are a movie fan, the function of movie download must be your first choice. As some set-up boxes can download movies, thus, the price may be a little higher than the common ones.

Besides those functions described above, there are also some basic advantages that facilitate our watching experience. First is the Electronic Program Guides (EPG) which provides the users an easy, friendly and fast-visiting access. The users can preview all the channels that is broadcast in the coming weeks. In addition, the fast-data broadcast that will enable the users to have the stock market news and e-newspaper at hands. Furthermore, the Internet access facilitates the users to have a knowledge of the surrounding news easily.

With the technology develops, more and more manufactures are considering the combination of the set-up boxes and the televisions. In the recent years, the set-up box has lost its popularity because of its after-sale service. Besides, with the fast emerge of digital TV, the need for the set-up boxes will be decreasing. Anyway, it is the set-up box that accelerates the development of the digital products. Related IC for the set-up boxes is:TDA4505 .

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