ATTENDANCE NO.

: 181
NAME: NJOAGWUANI CHUKWUNONSO FELIX
MAT. NO: PSC1810384
COURSE: CSC 237
COURSE TITLE: INFORMATION INTERFACE AND PRESENTATION
LEVEL: 200 LEVEL
DATE: 06-02-2020

QUESTION.
1. Give other functions of the Set Top Box.
(a) The Set Top Box is used to restrict access and block channels that
are not paid for.
(b) The Set Top Box turns the source signal into the content in a form
that can then be displayed on the television screen.
(c) The Set Top Box harmonised the broadcast and broadband
delivery of entertainment to the end consumers through
connected TV (Smart TV Set).

2. The Classification of the Set Top Box.

The Set Top Box is classified under the Multimedia Server and
information source.
Reasons:
 More sophisticated set top boxes contain a hard drive for
storing recorded television broadcasts, for downloaded
software and for other applications provided by your DTV
service provider.
 The Set Top Box also include RAM and MPEG decoder chip and
more chips for audio decoding and processing.
 In the DTV realm, a typical digital set top box contains one or
more microprocessors for running the operating system.
 The Set Top Box is an information appliance device that
virtually contains a TV tuner input and display output of a
television set.
 In the internet realm, a set top box is really a specialized
computer that can talk to the internet via Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Client.