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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cable box" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a device that receives television signals and connects to a television set.
Example: "I need to replace my old cable box because it keeps freezing during shows."
Alternatives: "a set-top box" or "a television receiver".
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Cable subscribers would be required to have a cable box (which will likely cost money) or CableCard-compatible box to receive even local network stations.
Remember way back when Cable Card 2.0 promised us all the frills of a cable box, but with the actual damn box?
"You ever put your hand on a cable box?
In other words, you can't connect a cable box, satellite receiver or any other video source.
Google has no immediate plans to develop a cable box, Medin said.
The scientists believe that, like a cable box with new channels, the machine can answer more and more questions.
But if you think leasing a cable box for $10 a month is expensive, the Niveus system isn't for you.
The system protects programming as it travels uncompressed between a cable box or satellite receiver and a television.
It requires that electric companies lease solar panels to consumers, much as a cable company provides a cable box.
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By contrast, consumers can pay just $10 extra a month to lease a digital cable box.
The arcane but critical problem concerns how to connect a digital television set to a digital cable box.
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