cable box

noun

1. an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
2. an electronic device that converts a digital television signal to analog or unscrambles a television signal.

Example Sentences

Its subscriber base may shrink, and those people may shift to streaming channels over the internet rather than through a cable box or satellite dish.

From Digiday

The instructions for your remote should be in the user manual that came with your cable box, but if you don’t have it, you can always search online for the manufacturer and model of your device.

From Popular-Science

Considering that Roku already has more than 43 million monthly active accounts, that means within the next five years the number of households with a Roku device could exceed those with a cable box.

From Digiday

They believed that, whether someone was watching a show through their cable box or a connected TV device, the impression for ads running during that show should be worth the same.

From Digiday

Originally, over-the-top referred to any physical devices that sat over the top of a cable box, enabling access to TV content.

From Digiday

When I heard Mitt Romney misquoting George Costanza, I thought my cable box was playing tricks on me.

From The Daily Beast

And that brings us to why your phone could look a lot more like a cable box in the future.

From The Daily Beast