Chapter 22 Digital Set-Top Terminals and Consumer Interfaces
22.1 Digital Set-Top Terminals and Interfaces
With the widespread availability of digital video transmission on cable systems, digital set-top terminals (STTs) have taken over the marketplace. Extensive activities under the auspices of CableLabs and the SCTE, coupled with initiatives from the FCC and inputs from the consumer electronics industry, have resulted in a comprehensive set of standards for digital video transmission and reception. Many of the standards are recognized by ANSI, the American National Standards Institute. Where ANSI standard numbers were available at the time of writing, we refer to the ANSI number and also to the former standard numbers assigned by the SCTE. ...
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