Q: Many television programs indicate they are “closed captioned” for the hearing impaired. What must one do to receive this service? A: You need a closed caption decoder, which looks like a cable box ...

Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has released a low-cost set-top-box (STB) decoder chip aimed at standard-definition (SD) terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) TV ...

I was wondering if any one knew of a device a "decoder box" besides the HT receivers that did digital decoding. I have 4 really good 2CH amps and a DVD player with optical out and I want to go from ...

The STM5105 MPEG decoder for standard-definition TV set-top boxes uses an embedded ST20 32-bit RISC CPU core running at 200 MHz. The chip has an integrated 2-D graphics engine, which relieves the CPU ...

We have an old TV that is used exclusively for watching DVDs and VHS tapes. Never bothered to hook up a converter box to it, but now I think I want to. Problem is, there's a real rat's nest of cables ...