New services like digital cable, high-definition TV, video-on-demand, and digital video recorders are proving extremely popular with customers.
And naturally, users receive all the unencrypted digital cable TV (Clear QAM) channels offered by their cable provider.
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Today's boxes provide little interactivity, but cable providers are upgrading customers to digital cable as fast as they can.
You can choose to setup the TiVo with OTA, Cable and Digital Cable.
It runs the risk of feeling like all the cheap stuff you get on the back-end channels of digital cable.
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If confirmed, Genachowski's first big task may be the dealing with the nationwide transition to digital cable, scheduled for Feb. 17.
If that occurs, digital cable could migrate from the box above the TV set to the inside, just as analog cable did.
New digital cable services like video-on-demand and high-speed Internet are catching on.
Digital cable offers customers far more channels to watch than standard cable--typically in the hundreds-- and gives them an interactive on-screen program schedule.
Digital cable service usually costs more than analog service because it generally requires subscribers to pay a monthly fee for a digital cable box.
But new technologies like digital video recorders, TiVo, digital cable and Web-based television are shifting the balance of power from traditional broadcasters to consumers.
HDHomeRun connects to a TV antenna or digital cable and wirelessly streams live television in full HD to any Mac or PC in the house.
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Don't confuse high-definition TV with digital cable or digital satellite systems.
Much of that investment will go toward converting shows into digital cable format, building an ad sales division and paying to beam programming cross-country by satellite.
Ceton Corporation is the world leader in digital cable tuner solutions for the PC and is developing the next generation of in-home digital entertainment and communication solutions.
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Hong's first challenge was to round up enough affordable fare to fill airtime and the equipment and engineers to format it for digital cable, the new standard.
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.
It stuffs a hard drive that can store music, photos and video into a box with a DVD player, Internet access and a satellite or digital cable decoder.
Pairing the n9 with four Niveus Digital Cable Receivers, an external, dual CableCARD tuner device, allows cable subscribers to simultaneously view and record eight standard definition or HD programs.
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As digital cable and interactive TV become more prevalent, they are requiring cable companies to develop more advanced technology, and Gates and company are competing mightily for that business.
The U.S. cable industry now has 25 million digital cable customers, 20 million high-speed Internet customers and 3 million telephone customers, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
The regulatory structure was already creaking before New Labour entered office, struggling to deal with such complex gatekeeper issues as fair access for broadcasters to digital cable and satellite systems.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.
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This significant increase in movie content will begin launching in Comcast's Xfinity markets in Philadelphia and Washington, DC, and will continue rolling out to Comcast Digital Cable customers across the country.
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The DCP601 Home Entertainment System, a high-end digital cable ready entertainment receiverMotorola Ojo Personal Video Phone with a high-definition decoder, 6.1 channel surround sound, and a built-in progressive scan DVD player.
The sale has generated increasing interest over the last year as cable stocks have begun to rebound, thanks in large part to such new services as cable telephony, digital cable and on-demand television.
The new boxes, which will be available in early April, will combine access to digital cable television, movies, videos on the Web and music, including a planned app from Pandora online radio.
What is more, the remaining satellite companies will get more bandwidth to offer new services, which should boost their ability to compete with the digital cable that is now being rolled out across America.
An optical digital cable is a nice bonus if the PS3 owner has his or her system connected to a home theater and wants to take full advantage of its HD surround sound capabilities.
"Niveus has nurtured the digital cable functionality and compatibility since early 2007 and is proud to be one of the first to support both eight CableCARDS and ten extenders, " states Tim Cutting, Niveus CEO and Co-Founder.
ENGADGET: Niveus says "never enough," adds support for eight CableCARDs / ten Extenders
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