What is a Combo Digital Television Receiver?
A combo box is one with at least 2 tuners, one for satellite and one for terrestrial (DTT). These boxes are generally also high definition capable. Once setup the channels are transparently received to the user and are represented on the same program guide. The combo box has become more prominent with the advent of Irish DTT. Ireland has a very unique situation in terms of the availability of free to air TV from the UK over satellite. By combining DTT from the aerial and Satellite FTA channels from the dish Irish TV consumers now have a comprehensive set of TV channels available without any subscription. Prior to Irish DTT the only way to receive digital RTE/TV3/TG4 was to pay for it from Sky or UPC.
