CableCARD
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CableCARD is a special-use PC Card device that allows consumers in the United States to view and record digital cable television channels on digital video recorders, personal computers and television
A Motorola CableCARD.
A Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco) multi-stream CableCARD or "M-card"
The backside of the same card
Cable television
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Cable television is a system for delivering broadcast programming to viewers by radio frequency signals transmitted through coaxial cable and through fibre-optic cable. Cable television is contrasted
CableCARD
…digital cable television channels on digital video recorders, personal computers and television sets on equipment such as a set-top box not provided by a cable television company. The card is usually provided by the local cable operator, typically for a nominal monthly fee. In a broader context, CableCARD refers to a set…
A sign warning about a buried CATV cable in the area
A coaxial cable used to carry cable television to the subscribers' premises
A set-top box is an electronic device that receives the cable signal into the television set. Presented unit is a Cisco RNG200N for QAM digital cable television system used in North America.
A cable television distribution box (left) in the basement of a building in Germany (Kabel BW network, now Vodafone), with a splitter (right) which supplies the signal to separate cables which go to different rooms