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2. QAM (television) - Wikipedia

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   QAM is a digital television standard using quadrature amplitude modulation. It is the format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable television providers. Learn about QAM tuners, ClearQAM, and the technical details of QAM modulation.

3. Cable-ready - Wikipedia

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   Cable-ready is a term for TV sets or devices that can receive cable TV without a set-top box. Learn how cable-ready works for analog and digital cable, and how it differs from interactive digital cable ready.

4. Digital television adapter - Wikipedia

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   A digital television adapter (DTA) is a device that converts digital TV signals into analog signals for older TV sets. Learn about the history, types, and uses of DTA in different countries and regions.

5. ATSC tuner - Wikipedia

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   Learn how an ATSC tuner works by demodulating, demultiplexing, decompressing, and reformatting digital TV signals from over-the-air broadcasts. Find out the technical details, functions, and standards of ATSC tuners in the US and other regions.

6. Cable converter box - Wikipedia

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   After ending the analogue CATV transmissions, an (analogue) cable-ready TV or VCR is no longer be able to tune cable channels directly. A customer needs to install a digital cable box or a digital television adapter (which is a very basic kind of digital cable box). Newer TVs, however, often feature digital tuners including digital cable tuners ...

7. Digital television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Learn about the history, standards, and formats of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the U.S., which uses the ATSC standards and offers HD signals and subchannels. Find out how DTT differs from cable, satellite, and IPTV providers, and how it transitioned from analog to digital broadcasting in 2009.