Standard for television receivers - including set-top boxes and integrated digital TVs - that can receive and decode HD (720p, 1080i) satellite, cable or terrestrial broadcast transmissions.

Shows which type of box this is and what signals it can handle. DVB-C = Cable; DVB-T = Terrestial; DVB-S = Satellite. And DVB-S2 is the new (2005-) satellite specification which includes higher broadband speed for digital video broadcasting.

It means that you can watch one TV channel while recording from another channel at the same time, either into the built in hard drive (PVR) if featured or into any external recording equipment.

Freesat is a British free-to-air digital satellite television service developed by the BBC and ITV plc. The service began broadcasting on 6 May 2008 and offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. The service makes use of the additional capacity available on digital satellite broadcasting to offer high-definition channels.

Shows if product has any card reader, also called smart card reader. This is where you put in the card from your operator. Make sure that box comes with support for your operator.

Can also be mentioned as PVR which is short for personal video recorder, a generic term for a device that is similar to a VCR but records television data in digital format as opposed to the VCR’s analog format. PVRs encode video data in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats and store the data in a hard drive. PVRs have all of the same functionality of VCRs (recording, playback, fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing) plus the ability to instantly jump to any part of the program without having to rewind or fast forward the data stream.A PVR is essentially made up of two elements: the device that stores its hardware elements, such as the hard disk drive, power supply and buses, and the software in the form of a subscription service that provides programming information and the ability to encode the data streams.Two common PVR systems are TiVo and ReplayTV.

This is how much you can store in your hard drive in gigabytes.

Shows if product has a front display. This is not the same as a OSD (On Screen Display).

EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is a menu system that helps the viewer to find television programmes or services.

PEGI Rating is an age recommendation used in Europe

A port for connecting a module which makes it optional to attach different kinds of smart cards.

This shows how many scart connections the product has. Most common is two scart connections. But it could also be more or less.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. HDMI provides an interface between any audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, or A/V receiver and an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV), over a single cable.

USB (Universal Seriel Bus) sends bot data and electric current in the same cable. The speed for data transfer is 480Mbit/s.

This means that the box has support or pass trough, audio out (not a decoder) for digital sound such as Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3). That means that you can get digital surround sound to your reciever, if its broadcasted.

Ethernet is a network standard of communication using either coaxial or twisted pair cable. The most widely used for of LAN communication, Ethernet typically runs at 10 megabytes per second, though newer systems use 100 Mbps and even 1 gigabit of transfer.Ethernet has the IEEE standard 802.3. It has several different flavors, with the original Ethernet designed with 10base5. The "10" stands for 10 megabytes per second. Base is the baseband communications it uses. The "5" stands for a maximum distance of 500 meters to communicate with. Original Ethernet used coaxial wiring, while newer versions use twisted-pair cabling. There are several flavors of Ethernet, including 10Base2 (10 Mbps, 200 meters), 10BaseT (10 Mbps, 100 meters, twisted-pair), and 100BaseT (100 Mbps, 100 meter, twisted-pair).