Also, how much is it goin' to cost subscribers to equip each TV with a digital box?
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Lego has launched an interactive terminal called the Digital Box, which takes inputs from the Lego packages to reveal its contents in a 3D format.
It finally put out a less ambitious digital box in 1996 -- which mainly let cable operators squeeze in more channels with better picture quality.
Come to think of it, most or our readers probably have a digital box - or two - in their house, but what about the TV in the kitchen?
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Smithfield Partners is a law firm which represents David Richardson of QC Leisure (a digital box supplier), and SR Leisure Limited (a publican), all of whom were defendants to a civil action brought by the Premier League.
That should unleash some healthy competition: Within a few years it may not be uncommon to buy a set-top digital box that can not only decode cable transmissions, but is also a web browser, a game machine and a DVD player.
Shortly after he arrived as chief executive officer in July 1993, he gave the go-ahead to develop a supercharged digital box to serve a new world of fully interactive video networks to be built by the Baby Bells, Time Warner and others.
Shortly after he arrived as chief executive officer in July 1993, he gave the go-ahead to develop a supercharged digital box to serve a new world of fully interactive video networks to be built by the regional Bell telephone companies, Time Warner and others.
Here's the scoop: CableCard is literally a card that you pop into the back of your TV set so that you can get rid of your digital cable box and plug that coax directly into your digital TV (it's sort of like how you can use analog cable on a cable-ready analog TV without a cable box).
Digital cable service usually costs more than analog service because it generally requires subscribers to pay a monthly fee for a digital cable box.
Help is at hand, in a new digital wonder-box released in time for the Olympics.
Of those three, currently only the PlayStation is truly a digital set-top box.
Almost any existing analogue TV, even a black and white one, can be converted with the addition of a digital set-top box.
Obviously, our little Digital Rules cereal-box calculator has its limits.
All three perform the same basic function -- they let you stream TV from your cable box (digital or analog), satellite receiver, or DVR to a computer or mobile device -- it's just that each is aimed at different segments of the market.
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But without a digital TV tuner, or a cable or satellite set-top box that can convert a digital signal, consumers won't get any TV at all by 2009.
Consumers will need a digital TV or a converter box to get that signal.
AssetLock (formerly YouDeparted.com) offers a "secure safe deposit box" for digital copies of documents, wishes, letters and e-mails.
The sets are apparently targeting consumers who use their TV primarily for gaming or multimedia activities, or to customers who prefer to use a set-top-box to receive digital and HD content.
"Polaroid photos connect people together in a way that is more personal than any photo tag, slideshow or comment box, yet digital images shape our stories, " said Scott W. Hardy, President, Polaroid.
It's basically the digital equivalent of having a box of your ex's stuff, but instead of hiding it in your closet, you're displaying it in your living room for all visitors and cable men to see.
If that occurs, digital cable could migrate from the box above the TV set to the inside, just as analog cable did.
Despite competition from digital music networks such as The Box and Kiss, in the UK it boasts a 43% year-on-year increase in ratings and accounts for three-fifths of all music channel viewers.
Not only does the OS bring in billions in profits, it provides users with a familiar interface, whether it is on their PC, personal digital assistant, set-top box, Tablet PC or cell phone.
An economical, one-stop-shop for in-home entertainment, TiVo's intuitive functionality and ease of use puts viewers in control by enabling them to effortlessly navigate the best digital entertainment content available through one box, with one remote, and one user interface, delivering the most dynamic user experience on the market today.
However, users will have to pay to have a box installed that measures the digital bits used per month.
Consumers are able to use this solution right out of the box and begin saving their digital files by simply connecting it to their PC.
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And about 40% more will be able to view the digital signal through a digital cable or satellite set-top box on an analog TV they already own.
Overlooking the fact that Max Payne was released for PC, PS3 and Xbox, while Diablo 3 is PC only, GfK does not track digital downloads of the game, only box copies.
One of the first Digital DNA products is a set- top box made by Motorola.
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