The rapid shift to digital TV makes the debate especially pressing. Set-top boxes can tell whether a household has paid for a channel or not.

向数字电视的快速转换令这个辩论日趋激烈，机顶盒能告诉我们一个用户是否为某个频道付了费。

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Forthefirsttime since 2000-2001, worldwide unit shipments of digital cable TV set top boxes will grow for the second consecutive year.

自2000 - 2001大幅下降后，全球数字有线电视机顶盒出货量获得持续第二年增长。

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The software will be used in non-PC devices like TV set-top boxes, digital cameras and DVD players.

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Sony made its first attempt at the market for interactive TV in late 1999, when it signed a deal to provide three million digital set-top boxes to Cablevision Systems (nyse: CVC - news - people ) subscribers in the New York City area.

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Whitehaven's Tesco store has seen sales of digital set-top boxes rise by 1400% since the end of July, and digital TV sales were up 280% in the same period.

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