General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARDBOARD WITH FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

46.5 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

15.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA

Country

Mexico

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - BUT GENERALLY LATE 1990'S

Canada

WITH THIS SET-TOP BOX, ROGERS WAS COMPETING WITH DBS BY OFFERING HIGH QUALITY VIDEO & AUDIO RECEPTION & EXPANDED PROGRAM CHOICE. FIRST DBS SERVICES BEGAN OPERATION IN CANADA IN 1997 & ROGERS INTRODUCED ITS DIGITAL SERVICE, DIGITAL CHOICE TV IN 1999. LATTER OFFERS MORE LIMITED RANGE OF DIGITAL SERVICE THAN DBS.

Function

DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED DIGITAL VIDEO & AUDIO TELEVISION RECEPTION TO CONSUMERS. IT WAS USED TO RECEIVE, DECODE, & CONVERT INCOMING DIGITAL SIGNAL FROM COAXIAL CABLE INTO ANALOG SIGNAL FOR OUTPUT TO TELEVISION RECEIVER & AUDIO SYSTEM; TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION FROM VIEWER VIA CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION CONVERTER WHICH CAN RECEIVE EITHER ANALOG OR DIGITAL SIGNALS & PROVIDE VARIETY OF OUTPUTS FOR VARIOUS HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS: S-VIDEO OR RCA VIDEO OUTPUT TO TELEVISION DISPLAY; ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT TO ANALOG TELEVISON OR SOUND SYSTEM; DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT TO DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND OR SOUND SYSTEM; DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT TO DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND OR HOME THEATRE RECEIVER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

NATURAL CARDBOARD, WHITE PADDING

Decoration

BLACK SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA LOGOS ON LABEL & SIDES RESPECTIVELY