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Professional set-top boxes are referred to as IRDs or integrated receiver / decoders in the professional broadcast audio / video industry.
They are designed for more robust field handling and rack mounting environments, and are also technically superior ; IRDs have the distinct feature of outputting uncompressed SDI signals, unlike consumer STBs, which don't, mostly because of copyright reasons.
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