cable box

noun

: a box that receives television signals from a cable television system and sends them to the television

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After years glued to the cable box, ESPN is finally letting its customers cut the cord on its sports offerings. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025 Grab the buzzy Oura Ring (the newest model is finally on sale!) or pick up Roku's 4K Streaming Stick Device and finally get rid of that bulky cable box. Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 July 2025 Bay State channel-surfers who buy, rent or lease a cable box from their television provider could soon see a change on their bills: state tax collectors confirmed last week that those transactions are now subjected to the state sales tax. State House News Service, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025 But restoring it was a recognition of an undeniable fact: the future belongs to streaming, so why relegate a familiar and respected brand name to the waning cable box? Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 The nets are mired on the cable box, their content largely also available on direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Peacock, which Comcast is keeping. David Bloom, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 The device gets rid of the cable box and gives consumers a way to access both their cable TV and streaming apps in one place. Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024 That means anyone with access to a server, a wire, a cable box, a Wi-Fi router, or a phone. David Meyer, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 My cable box, for instance, lets Comcast switch on HBO in seconds at virtually no cost to register the change. IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2011

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“Cable box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20box. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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