The General Instrument/Motorola DCT2000 is a
cable box used for watching TV. These set-top boxes were popular in the late 1990s up until the mid to late-2000s, when the adoption of more sophisticated successors, namely
those set-tops with the ability to record live programming began. The DCT2000 was used by
Comcast
Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...
,
Service Electric in the United States, and
Shaw Cable in Canada. A version called the QIP2500 is used by providers such as
Verizon FiOS.
Features
The unit features coaxial connections for connecting it to the cable company's signal and to the user's TV or
VCR. There are also
composite (and, in some models,
S-Video) connections for a high-quality connection to a TV or VCR. In order to provide 2-way communication (e.g. ordering
PPV from the
remote), the unit can feature an integrated RF return or a STARFONE option which uses the telephone
landline to connect.
[https://www.hcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DCT2000_Installation_Manual.pdf ]
References
DCT2000
Set-top box
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