KING5

Not all DTA boxes allow parental controls

Linda Ridley is a busy mom with two girls. Allison is 6 and Sierra is 2. This Sumner mother monitors what her kids watch. So on the family room TV, before the Comcast switch, Linda blocked several ...
Ars Technica

Aftermarket alternatives to digital television adapters (DTA/Ugly black box)

What I would like is a box that performs the duties of the free DTA boxes cable companies provide except with HDMI output and in addition the ability to pick up the free HD channels you can get when ...
EDN

Trident Integrates uDTA Support in its DTA Chipsets to Deliver Digital Programming to Cable Customers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID), a leader in high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the ...
Seattle Times

FCC is enabler when Comcast slaps on high-def box fees

At every stage in Comcast’s switch to a digital cable system over the past few years, all sorts of people ask what’s happening to their TV and what can be done. The latest round of questions came last ...
Digital Trends

Comcast encrypts all cable channels, requires all customers to use a set-top box

Got Comcast? Hope you like little black boxes, because you’ll be needing them to get any kind of cable TV service soon. According to a recent statement made on its website’s help and support pages, ...
EDN

Broadcom Announces Industry’s First High Definition DTA Cable Set-Top Box SoC With Integrated Tuner and HDMI

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — 2010 International CES — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless ...