Editing Set-top box (section)

===Digital television adapter===
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The [[digital television transition|transition]] to [[digital terrestrial television]] after the turn of the millennium left many existing [[television set|television receiver]]s unable to tune and display the new signal directly. In the United States, where the [[Digital television transition in the United States|analogue shutdown]] was completed in 2009 for full-service broadcasters, a federal subsidy was offered for [[coupon-eligible converter box]]es with deliberately limited capability which would restore signals lost to digital transition.