| 摘要 |
A media gateway/media server (MGMS) distributes video, without impairment, from a variety of sources, over an in-home distribution medium (such as coaxial cable) directly to one or more conventional televisions sets within a house, i.e., without requiring specially adapted hardware, such as a set-top-box, at each television set. One or more peripheral control devices can be used to control the MGMS and select video content to be displayed on the various television sets. The MGMS produces a signal, such as an ATSC, DVB or QAM signal, that the television sets can receive directly, i.e., without additional hardware. In some embodiments, each television set has an associated dedicated channel on the in-home distribution medium, and the MGMS sends video content to a particular television set by modulating the video content onto the channel dedicated to that television set.
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