Consumers need either a set-top box or a digital television - which nearly all new sets are - to receive a picture after the switchover.

消费者需要机顶盒或数字电视机(几乎所有新型电视都是数字电视机)，才能接收转换后的电视画面。

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In these patents, Apple refers to a system that could "include a set-top box with or without a digital video recorder DVR or, personal video recorder PVR."

在这些专利中，苹果提到一种系统，可能“包括一部带或不带数字录像机(或者个人录像机)的机顶盒。”

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One is an Apple TV, a $229 set-top box in my living room that plays digital audio and video through a standard home-theater system.

一个是Apple TV机顶盒，价格229美元，放在我的客厅里，通过一个标准的家庭影院系统播放数字音频和视频。

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Of those three, currently only the PlayStation is truly a digital set-top box.

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Almost any existing analogue TV, even a black and white one, can be converted with the addition of a digital set-top box.

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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.

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