no to merge as in australia set top boxes refer only to boxes used to obtaining the new hd sd digital service from an antenna the other boxes mentioned in the article are not called that in australia we use pal not ntsc quote should we then add vcr dvr or dvd players to the set top box article we then should just change the name of a vcr dvr and dvd players to set top box as well unquote quote it is a slang word unquote i support these comments