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The difference between all types TV BOX
publisherMax Lee
time2018/05/07
- Set-top box has gradually become the leader of home entertainment. With the diversification of business development, set-top box function is more and more complex, more and more integration, and replacement speed of new product will be accelerated. Smart set-top boxes will become intelligent devices between TV, network and various applications, providing comprehensive information services for family. Below are the comparison between all types TV BOX:
| Category | Set-top box | Function | Operators |
| Digital Set-top Box | Cable digital set-top box | Receive cable television network | Broadcasting |
| transmission over the digital TV | |||
| program signal, convert it into | |||
| an analog signal, making the | |||
| client’s analog TV can watch | |||
| digital TV | |||
| Terrestrial digital set-top box | Receive the TV signal transmission | ||
| tower to transmit the digital television | |||
| program signal, convert it into an analog | |||
| signal, so that the client’s analog TV can | |||
| watch digital TV | |||
| Satellite digital set -top box | Receive live satellite transmission | ||
| of digital TV program signal,it will | |||
| be converted into analog signals, | |||
| making the client’s analog TV can | |||
| watch digital TV | |||
| Network set – top box | OTT Set-top box | Connected to the TV and the Internet, | Internet operators; |
| allowingusers to use television to receive | telecom, Broadcasting | ||
| Internet video content and interaction, | operators have begun | ||
| generally with Internet search, shopping, | to try IPTV + OTT and | ||
| games and other derivative functions. | DVB + OTT | ||
| At present, most OTT set-top boxes | |||
| equipped with Android system. | |||
| IPTV Set-top box | Can be connected to the TV and | telecom operators | |
| broadband network, provide similar | |||
| services like OTT set top box , the | |||
| difference is: | |||
| 1,The content that IPTV set-top box provides | |||
| isn’t richer than OTT set-top box, but it can | |||
| provide live content; | |||
| 2,provide IPTV and OTT content | |||
| required license; | |||
| 3,The IPTV program is transmitted | |||
| by the operator controlled private | |||
| network, and the OTT program is | |||
| transmitted over the Internet. |