Answers.Body: <p>There is no special name for something that combines IP de-encapsulation and RF modulating. At least one company markets the device as a <a href="https://www.dektec.com/products/IP/DTE-3114/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">QAM modulator with IP input</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>More a terminology question than anything. </p>
  
  <p>As described in the headline, I want to locate a piece of hardware that can accept arbitrary IP streams (be they MPEG-TS, H264, etc - the exact input format isn't important since re-encoding is easy), and can somehow output those streams over a coaxial cable (RF) in a way that a normal, off-the-shelf TV can tune to those streams in the same way they'd tune to a regular TV channel.</p>
  
  <p><strong>This is not a hardware recommendation question</strong>. I just want to know what this class of device is properly called so I can locate it myself.</p>
  
Tags: <encoding><hardware><cable>
Title: What is the proper terminology for a device that can accept IP video streams and output that to RF as used by consumer televisions?
UserDisplayName: Mikey T.K.
ThreadText: # What is the proper terminology for a device that can accept IP video streams and output that to RF as used by consumer televisions?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-24)
  
  More a terminology question than anything.
  
  As described in the headline, I want to locate a piece of hardware that can accept arbitrary IP streams (be they MPEG-TS, H264, etc - the exact input format isn't important since re-encoding is easy), and can somehow output those streams over a coaxial cable (RF) in a way that a normal, off-the-shelf TV can tune to those streams in the same way they'd tune to a regular TV channel.
  
  **This is not a hardware recommendation question**. I just want to know what this class of device is properly called so I can locate it myself.
  
  **Tags:** encoding, hardware, cable
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-24. Score: 1
  
  There is no special name for something that combines IP de-encapsulation and RF modulating. At least one company markets the device as a [QAM modulator with IP input](https://www.dektec.com/products/IP/DTE-3114/).
  
  
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