SET TOP BOX ( STB ) INFORMATION CENTER

About Set Top Box
A set-top box is a device that enables a TV set to become a user interface
 to the Internet & TV. It is estimated 50 million person will use set top 
box by 2007.

TV Set Top Box
The more elementary level set top box with no return channel.
  They come with some memory, interface and processing power.  

Enhanced TV Set Top Box
These through a phone line.  These are capable of Video on Demand,
 e-commerce, Internet browsing, e-mail communications and chat.

Set Top Box that TiVo can control. TiVo will automatically change 
the channel of Set Top Box when it needs to make a recording!




Set Top Box is the gateway to provide digital information to the home.
 It acts as a tuner for TV , controls access to many channels such as
 pay per view