Editing Set-top box (section)

===Software alternatives===
As complexity and potential programming faults of the set-top box increase,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Chimera of Software Quality|url=http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.eb7d70008ce52e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1&path=computer/homepage/Aug07&file=profession.xml&xsl=article.xsl&;jsessionid=HlLtV9yJh01bCLb3GTQCZJL2VxGNxZPZLvJWXJpJwsjg2711JmW9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428025525/https://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.eb7d70008ce52e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1&path=computer%2Fhomepage%2FAug07&file=profession.xml&xsl=article.xsl&%3Bjsessionid=HlLtV9yJh01bCLb3GTQCZJL2VxGNxZPZLvJWXJpJwsjg2711JmW9|archive-date=2018-04-28}} 080322 computer.org</ref> software such as [[MythTV]], [[Select-TV]] and [[Microsoft]]'s [[Windows Media Center|Media Center]] have developed features comparable to those of set-top boxes, ranging from basic DVR-like functionality to [[DVD]] copying, [[home automation]], and housewide music or video playback.