Abstract: System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media units may be encoded using any of a variety of encoding formats. The media management system may interface with a media receiver to select media receiver connections in accordance with the media type of the media unit. The media management system may also interface with the media receiver to set media receiver settings for playing the selected media unit according to the media receiver settings selected for a play mode corresponding to the characteristics of the selected media unit.

Abstract: In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus for amplifying a received modulated digital signal wave with automatically adjusted gain and demodulating the modulated signal wave to a digital signal, a tuner frequency-converts the modulated digital signal wave to generate a first modulated signal. A first automatic gain control amplification unit controls gain of the tuner to make a level of the first modulated signal at a first predetermined level. An A/D converter converts the first modulated signal into a second modulated signal. A demodulator demodulates the second modulated signal to generate a first demodulated digital signal. A second automatic gain control amplifier generates a second demodulated digital signal where frequency fluctuations included in the digital modulated wave are eliminated.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a signal source connecting port through which a video signal source is connected. The display apparatus includes a TV tuner connecting port to connect to a TV tuner. A selection part selects one of a video signal, transmitted from the signal source connecting port, and a TV signal, transmitted from the TV tuner connecting port to be displayed, to control the TV tuner. A micro controller displays the one of the video signal and the TV signal according to the selection from the selection part, displays a TV tuner control OSD when the TV signal is selected, and transmits a control signal from the selection part to the TV tuner through the TV tuner connecting port based on the TV tuner control OSD.

Abstract: As the number of contents which a user can access (TV programs, images stored on HDD or Internet news) is increasing, the contents a viewer wishes to view is becoming increasingly diverse, and consequently the question of how to view these contents efficiently is now a major problem. In other words, this huge volume of broadcast content also contains information which the user does not require, and it is difficult to efficiently acquire only the required information without any error.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for synchronizing sampling frequencies of a receiver and a transmitter of a multi-carrier communication system is provided. The receiver includes an estimator for estimating a frequency offset by employing an additional angle rotation of a received signal in frequency domain. The apparatus includes a compensation loop filter for generating a first output in response to a frequency offset compensation, an adder for adding the estimated frequency offset and the first output to generate a second output, and a loop filter for generating frequency offset compensation according to the second output. The method repeatedly applies the apparatus to generate frequency offset compensation, and then feeds it back to an oscillator to compensate the sampling frequency of the receiver. The apparatus and method can also be applied to a communication system with a carrier frequency offset.

Abstract: A television receiver includes a switching portion which receives each of a video signal received and obtained by an antenna and a video signal read from a storage medium, and selectively outputs one of the video signals in response to an instruction signal for output selection, a detection portion which detects a mode of a video signal, a selection/control portion which supplies the instruction signal for output selection to the switching portion, and outputs a detection result corresponding to a preset specific mode from the detection portion, a signal processing portion which applies sequential scanning conversion processing to the video signal selected and output by the switching portion, and a display portion which displays the video signal subjected to the sequential scanning conversion processing.

Abstract: An integrated digital television for both analog and digital broadcasting can decide in accordance with a selection made by a user whether to receive the analog broadcasting signal. The integrated digital television provides menus through an option setting unit to select whether to search the frequency bandwidths where the analog broadcasting signals are transmitted, and if a selection is made on the menus for an item of ‘no-search’ for the frequency bandwidths of the analog broadcasting signals, the integrated digital television searches only the frequency bandwidths at which the digital broadcasting signals are transmitted. As a result, storing and shifting channels can be performed efficiently.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for a vestigial side band (VSB), quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), NTSC, out-of-band (OOB) receiver that is integrated in a single chip. The single chip integrated digital television (DTV) receiver provides plug and play DTV receiver capability for handling both North American digital cable television and digital terrestrial broadcast television compatible systems. The integrated DTV receiver may receive all standard-definition and high-definition digital formats (SDTV/HDTV) and an on-chip NTSC demodulator handles NTSC video. An output of the NTSC demodulator may be directed to an external broadcast television system committee (BTSC) or Zweiton M decoder, or it may be sent to an on-chip audio BTSC compliant decoder. The single chip integrated DTV receiver may also comprise an integrated out-of-band QPSK receiver, which may be adapted to, for example, handle a CableCard compliant with the CableCard Specification.

Abstract: A digital IF demodulator receives and demodulates an analog IF input signal to produce a digital audio signal and a digital video signal. The digital IF demodulator includes an A/D converter, a first digital complex mixer, a second digital complex mixer, and various digital filters. The first digital complex mixer receives the output of the A/D converter and down-converts the output of the A/D converter to baseband. Additionally, the picture carrier is recovered from the output of the first digital complex mixer, and fed back to a direct digital synthesizer to control the tuning accuracy of the first digital complex mixer. More specifically, a feedback loop is formed to so that the picture carrier is down-converted to DC so as to control the tuning accuracy of the first digital complex mixer. The complex output of the first complex mixer is further processed using Nyquist filtering and other filtering to recover the digital video signal.

Abstract: Providing accelerated video processing in a communication device may comprise receiving video data from a video source on a chip, determining a first format for at least a portion of the received video data, and determining a second format of at least a remaining portion of the received video data. At least a portion of the received video data having the first format may be routed to a first device for processing and at least a remaining portion of the received video data having the second format may be routed to a second device for processing. The portion of the received video data with the first format may comprise RGB format, while the remaining portion of the received video data with the second format comprises YUV format. The received video data comprises images with alternating video formats, which are accordingly routed to the first or second device for processing.

Abstract: A receiver receives a multiplex broadcasting wave of a terrestrial wave and a satellite wave and executes AGC. As for the terrestrial wave, only a frequency band of the terrestrial wave is extracted by a filter for the terrestrial wave, and the AGC on the terrestrial wave side is executed through an AGC loop for the terrestrial wave. As for the satellite wave, the frequency band including the terrestrial wave and the satellite wave is extracted by the filter for the satellite wave, and the AGC is executed based on the signal. As a result, the AGC on the satellite wave side is affected by a receiving condition variation of the terrestrial wave. By a frequency-analysis of the terrestrial wave signal, the receiving condition of the terrestrial wave is analyzed. According to the analyzed result, an AGC adjusting quantity on the satellite wave side is determined and the AGC on the satellite wave side is adjusted by the adjusting quantity.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for adjusting the colors of the on-screen display graphics to match the colors of the video with which the OSD graphics are to be combined. In one aspect, a selected one of a plurality of OSD color palettes (103, 105) is used to produce graphics for a selected one of a plurality of signal sources. As such, the appropriately formatted palette is used to produce graphics for a similarly formatted input signal, i.e., an analog source would be combined with graphics produced from a palette having Y, PI, PQ formatted signals. Consequently, the color compensation matrices would properly compensate both the graphics and the video from each source. In another aspect, a desired one of a plurality of matrices (107, 109) operates on the OSD signal source to match the OSD colorimetry with the input signal colorimetry.

Abstract: Device and method for converting a format of a video signal in a digital TV receiver is provided. Format conversion can be carried out at one chip of a format converting device, inclusive of conversion of resolution, frame rate, scanning method, aspect ratio, color space, chroma format, and gamma correction. Therefore, the digital TV receiver is made to convert a wide range of video signals inclusive of, not only a digital TV broadcasting signal, but also analog TV broadcasting signal, and computer video signal, at one chip of system block. Moreover, the digital TV receiver is made to provide a variety of standards of format converted video signals, not only to the connected display, but also to other general video signal processing devices.

Abstract: An IF signal processing arrangement for processing both analog and digital signals is disclosed in the present application. The signal processing arrangement includes a signal source for providing one of digital and analog IF signals, a first SAW filter having an output for filtering the IF signal, digital signal processing circuitry coupled to the output for processing a filtered digital IF signal, and analog signal processing circuitry coupled to the output for processing which includes filtering a filtered analog signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for switching input terminals based on device capability are disclosed. The method supplies a digital signal and an analog signal to a device. The method includes examination of whether or not a device is receiving a digital signal in an eligible format. The method also selects an analog input terminal to receive an analog signal unless the digital signal is being provided in the eligible format. The apparatus includes a digital input terminal to receive a digital signal, an analog input terminal to receive an analog signal, an IEEE1394 interface coupled with the digital input terminal, a HD decoder coupled with the IEEE1394 interface, a memory and a selector which selects the digital input terminal if the digital signal is in an eligible format for the device. The apparatus otherwise selects the analog input terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a television broadcast receiver which is further enhanced in the independency of the user application software from the hardware and can increase the development efficiency. The television broadcast receiver includes; a digital channel-selecting means; an analog channel-selecting means; a video signal processing means for processing a video signal from the digital channel-selecting means and a video signal from the analog channel-selecting means; a graphics OSD creating means for creating a graphics OSD signal; a text OSD creating means for creating a text OSD signal; and an RGB processing means for mixing an output of the video signal processing means, the graphics OSD signal, and the text OSD signal.

Abstract: A data broadcasting receiver apparatus includes a receiver for receiving image data of the image of an object and size information relating to the object, transmitted through data broadcasting, an input unit for inputting screen information relating to a display screen of a display, a scaling unit for determining a scale factor of the object image based on the screen information input by the input unit and the size information received by the receiver so that the object image is displayed on the display at a predetermined size, and a display control unit for controlling the display to display the object image expanded or contracted at the scale factor determined by the scaling unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of managing an image display apparatus of the present invention. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a first information on a predetermined output image format; (b) obtaining a second information on an input image format and a data broadcasting contents format; (c) comparing the first information on the predetermined output image format with the second information on the input image format and the data broadcasting contents format; (d) controlling output modes of the input image format and the data broadcasting contents format according to the predetermined output image format based on a comparison result of the output image format, the input image and the data broadcasting contents format performed by the comparing unit; and (e) outputting on image display unit the input image and the data broadcasting contents output modes of which are processed.

Abstract: A system for playing a selected one of multiple audio tracks recorded in synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk. The optical disk has encoded on it a mixing master music and effects (“M&E”) track, or a switching master M&E track. Individual audio tracks are provided for language-specific versions of the same motion picture, but these tracks have data recorded in them only where there is dialog. In this way, for many a motion picture, all tracks but masters will have data recorded for well less than half of the running time of the motion picture. When a mixing master is used, it is mixed with a language-specific track when the latter has dialog; the mixing master contains no dialog. If a switching master is used, it may contain dialog recorded with the M&E; when a language-specific track has dialog recorded in it, it also contains M&E and the track is played to the exclusion of the switching master.

Abstract: A digital TV system and a method for supporting a film mode in a digital TV system include generating an original frame from two fields except for repeated fields among 60 fields inputted in an interlaced scanning method if the film mode is detected, and converting the generated frames into 60 frames of a progressive scanning type by repeatedly outputting the generated frames three times or twice by a specified rule, setting an input audio signal to match the film mode in consideration of the number of speakers provided in the digital TV and the number of channels of the input audio signal, and displaying an icon for indicating the film mode on a predetermined position of a TV screen. Thus, a viewer can view the film with a higher picture quality and with reality through the DTV.

Abstract: Device and method for processing a signal to a display, the device including a horizontal synchronizing signal detecting part for detecting a horizontal synchronizing signal from a picture signal, and a mode determining part for determining a mode of the picture signal by using a cyclic period of the horizontal synchronizing signal.

Abstract: At the transmitter side, carrier waves are modulated according to an input signal for producing relevant signal points in a signal space diagram. The input signal is divided into, two, first and second, data streams. The signal points are divided into signal point groups to which data of the first data stream are assigned. Also, data of the second data stream are assigned to the signal points of each signal point group. A difference in the transmission error rate between first and second data streams is developed by shifting the signal points to other positions in the space diagram. At the receiver side, the first and/or second data streams can be reconstructed from a received signal. In TV broadcast service, a TV signal is divided by a transmitter into, low and high, frequency band components which are designated as a first and a second data stream respectively.

Abstract: A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing picture-in-picture with frame rate conversion includes an input buffer unit, a data synchronizing unit, first through third memories, and a memory control unit. The input buffer unit buffers input data and outputs buffered data as first data and first data enabling signals. The data synchronizing unit synchronizes the first data output with an output clock signal and outputs synchronized data as second data and second data enabling signals. The first memory multiplexes the second data and outputs stored data in response to a first memory enabling signal. The second memory writes and reads data output from the first memory in response to a frame buffer control signal. The third memory outputs stored data as a display signal. The memory control unit controls data flow between the memories and frame rates of the input data.

Abstract: In a display apparatus (PI) displaying a closed-caption (Scc, DS) multiplexed in the first and second component video signals (Scv1: Y, PB, and PR, Svc2: Y and C) received from externally provided video signal sources, a video signal selector (7) selects one of said first and second component video signals (Scv1, Scv2); a closed-caption extractor (3) extracts the closed-caption (Scc, DS) from said selected one of first and second component video signals (Scv1, Scv2); and a controller (10) controls the closed-caption extractor (3) based on the format type of the selected first and second component video signals (Scv1 and Scv2).

Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus which automatically detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit for temporarily storing an input image signal, a memory control unit for controlling a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit of an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit to which an aspect ratio detection output is supplied from the detection unit and which generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit from the input image signal. When the input image signal having an aspect ratio different from an aspect ratio of image screen display of the display unit is supplied, a readout start address is controlled on the basis of the address control signal generated by the address control signal generation unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is capable of displaying a first image obtained from a broadcast wave and a second image reproduced from a storage medium on a display unit. The apparatus comprises a first image processing unit adapted to increase a size of the first image if an instruction for temporarily stopping a reproduction of the second image is detected while the first image and the secod image are displayed on the display unit; and a second image processing unit adapted to decrease a size of the second image if the instruction for temporarily stopping the reproduction of the second image is detected while the first image and the second image are displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: In an image display having a image generator for forming and displaying an optical image in accordance with inputted image signal and a controller for controlling the image generator, a controller (5) has a display-condition switching controller (510, 511) for switching a display-condition of the optical image formed by the image generator, an operation signal receiver (506) for receiving an operation signal for switching the display-condition of the optical image, and a display switching determining portion (509) for monitoring the received operation signal to determine the display-condition to be switched, the display-condition switching controller (510, 511) conducting switching operation based on a judgment of the display switching determining portion (509).

Abstract: An information processing system and apparatus receiving a television broadcast includes: a direct receiving unit directly receiving television broadcast waves; an indirect receiving unit indirectly receiving the television broadcast waves; and a switching unit determining whether the television broadcast waves are to be received by the direct receiving unit or the indirect receiving unit by switching between the direct receiving unit and the indirect receiving unit based on their reception conditions. With this configuration, it is possible to obtain television-broadcast video signals from the selected receiving unit. The indirect receiving unit is preferably formed of a communication device provided with a wireless cellular telephone function using a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) system in which signals having a large transmission capacity can be transmitted and received, or a communication device provided with a wireless LAN communication function.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for configuring a signal processing device for use with a display device having a display size is disclosed. The signal processing device is configured by determining the display size of the display device and configuring the signal processing device for use with the display device based on the determined display size.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus having an improved structure in which all of current and future personal computer (PC) signals and high definition TV (HDTV) signals as well as normal TV signals can be displayed with optimum picture quality. The display apparatus includes a format converter which inputs a video signal of various specifications, converts the video signal into a video signal having a similar horizontal frequency and outputs the video signal having the similar horizontal frequency, a driver which drives a display unit using the video signal converted through the format converter, and a deflection driver which generates a deflection signal appropriate for a video signal having converted formats based on horizontal and vertical frequencies of the video signal having the converted formats output from the format converter and supplies the deflection signal to the display unit.

Abstract: A display timing generator is provided for selecting line types and providing synchronization timing signals for video signals. The display timing generator provides programmability for the user to select line types for a frame to be displayed on a display. The line types defining rise and fall times, synchronization shapes, blanking levels and horizontal and vertical timings for providing a desired display format to different display types. A plurality of programmable parameters for pulse width, horizontal timing and voltage amplitude allow a user to define timing variations associated with a given line type. The display timing generator also includes a generic mode for allowing a programmer to select line types for particular groupings of lines.

Abstract: A multiple-format video encoder stores values of the sine and cosine functions in a ROM. According to the externally specified video format, an address calculating circuit calculates the addresses at which to access the ROM. In the multiple-format video encoder, a luminance/color-difference signal generating circuit generates color-difference signals B-Y and R-Y from digital RGB signals. A first multiplying circuit multiplies the color-difference signal B-Y by the values of the sine function stored in the ROM at the addresses specified by the address calculating circuit and multiplies the color-difference signal R-Y by the values of the cosine function stored at the same addresses.

Abstract: A video system and method for combining multiple video signals on a single display is provided. The video system includes a video processor to process a second video signal and generate a processed video signal. The processed video signal has the same resolution and scan rates as a first video signal. A multiplexer is used to selectively display either the processed video signal or the first video signal on a display.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver has a function of selecting, at the time of receiving a digital broadcast, signals to be fed back to an AGC circuit depending on whether an analog broadcast channel exists adjacent to a channel to be received or not. When an analog broadcast channel exists adjacent to a channel to be received, a feedback system change-over switch is connected to a second feedback system and the voltage level of analog signals detected by an analog signal level detecting circuit is fed back. When an analog broadcast channel does not exist adjacent to the channel to be received, the feedback system change-over switch is connected to a first feedback system, and the voltage level of digital signals in a demodulating IC detected by a digital signal level detecting circuit is fed back. In such a manner, reception performance is improved.

Abstract: Process for mobile reception of television signals in which an output signal (SA) is derived from n different (S1 . . . S5) and is supplied to the reproduction part of the receiver, the n input signals (S1 . . . S5) being weighted, the output signal (SA) being formed by summing of the weighted input signals, and the quality of each of the n input signals (S1 . . . S5) being evaluated using at least one given criterion for determining the adaptively determined weighting factors, characterized in that the n input signals (S1 . . . S5) are time-synchronized before their evaluation, summing and weighting, and the horizontal and/or vertical video synchronization pulses contained in the input signals (S1 . . . S5) are used for control of time synchronization.

Abstract: A video signal processing circuit. includes: a bell table, a first switch, a carrier generating unit, a second switch and a calculation processing unit. The bell table inputs a color difference signal to output a modulation signal having an amplitude defined by the SECAM Standard of the color difference signal. The first switch selects one of the color difference signal and the modulation signal to output a first signal. The carrier generating unit inputs the color difference signal to generate a carrier signal having a frequency defined by the SECAM Standard of the color difference signal. The second switch selects one of the carrier signal and a carrier signal having frequency defined by the PAL Standard and/or the NTSC Standard to output a second signal. The calculation processing unit calculates the first and second signals to output a color difference modulation signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image signal conversion apparatus or the like preferably applied, for example, when a SD signal (525i) is converted into a HD signal (525p or the like). In the image signal conversion section (110), the SD signal is converted into the HD signal, and the image is displayed on the display section (111). A class code CL indicating a class of a subject pixel of the HD signal is obtained by detecting a space class and a motion class from tap pixel data corresponding to the subject pixel of HD signal which is selectively fetched from a SD signal. The controller (101) loads coefficient data of each class according to the selected resolution into the coefficient memory (134) from the information memory bank (135) when the user selects the resolution.

Abstract: A video processing system and method are provided for generating clock and timing signals from an incoming video signal. The system includes a timing reference circuit for generating a reference clock signal, a video format detector coupled to the reference clock signal and to synchronization data derived from the incoming video signal for generating a format signal indicating the format of the incoming video signal, and a clock and timing generator circuit coupled to the format signal and the reference clock signal for generating clock and timing signals that emulate the incoming video signal, and may be locked to the incoming video signal.

Abstract: A receiver receives a digital signal. The digital signal contains a frame of robust VSB data and ATSC data, and the digital signal further contains a map. The map contains information indicating a location of the robust VSB data and ATSC data in the frame. A decoder of the receiver decodes the digital signal. A processor of the receiver processes at least one of the robust VSB data and the ATSC data according to the location information contained in the map.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed to enable a transfer to be made quickly and easily to a screen layout and an audio output mode preferred by a user when there is a change in an input source. Past viewing and listening history information regarding the attribute and the output state of an input source is stored beforehand, for example, which input source was viewed and listened to in what screen and audio structure, or which multi-window displaying a transfer was made to when an interrupt input source came in, depending on a relationship with a video being viewed and listened to at the time. Then, when an image regarding the input source is displayed, a screen layout and an audio output state are determined, and controlled based on the viewing and listening history information.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus processes input video signals. A video signal source supplies the input video signals carrying at least a first video signal that is an interlaced signal having 480 effective scanning lines and a second video signal that is an interlaced signal having 1080 effective scanning lines. A video signal processor converts at least the first and the second video signals into a third video signal that is a progressive signal having 1440 effective scanning lines, thus outputting the third video signal. The output third video signal may be converted into a fourth video signal that is an interlaced signal by a progressive-to-interlace converter, thus outputting the fourth video signal.

Abstract: In a transport stream decoder, a plurality of synchronization establishment circuits receive a plurality of different transport streams and a plurality of input clocks corresponding thereto, to establish synchronization between the transport streams and the input clocks. A multiple TS time-division multiplexing circuit receives outputs of two FIFO memories, converts a plurality of transport stream signals into time-division multiplexing signals synchronizing with an internal processing clock, and provides an addition of a TS identification signal indicating which one of the transport streams corresponds to each time-division multiplexing signal. Therefore, a TS decoder with suppressed circuit scale can be provided even when different types of transport streams are handled.

Abstract: A vertical region designation circuit 141 outputs a vertical region designation signal to a vertical driver 103 on the basis of vertical display position information, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal. A horizontal region designation circuit 142 outputs a horizontal region designation signal to a horizontal driver 102 on the basis of horizontal display position information, a pixel synchronization signal, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal. The horizontal driver 102 outputs an input picture signal to a picture display surface 101 from a signal line at a horizontal coordinate corresponding to the number of times of pixel synchronization signals that is counted from an input horizontal synchronization signal as a starting point during a period when a horizontal region designation signal is effective.

Abstract: In a digital broadcast receiver 10, an MPU 26 has a configuration for detecting the number of subchannels and the numbers of the subchannels which a received main channel has from control data received and switching to a subchannel with the minimum number when the number of subchannels changes and switching to a subchannel with the minimum number of the residual subchannels when the numbers of the subchannels received run out and displaying the numbers of the received main channel and the subchannel on a display 25.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-standard digital receiver, in a digital video transmission system. It comprises a channel decoder for protecting a transmitted signal against channel transmission errors, the channel decoder comprising: a set of co-processors including at least 3 clusters of programmable co-processors for executing the functions of a digital front-end block (DFE), a channel correction block (CHN) and a forward error correction block (FEC), respectively, a general purpose processor (DSP) for managing control, synchronization and configuration of the channel decoder, and a memory (SM) shared between the clusters and the general purpose processor.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a video reproduction apparatus capable of promptly actuating a television receiver and displaying a video or the like by simple operation even if a user erroneously inputs a system of the television receiver. The video reproduction apparatus 15 includes a disk reproduction portion 1 that reproduces a video recorded on a DVD, a video encoder 3, a microcomputer 5, and an operation remote controller 11. The video encoder 3 includes a first signal formation circuit 3a that forms an input signal into a first output signal based on a progressive system and a second signal formation circuit 3b that forms the input signal into a second output signal based on an interlaced system.

Abstract: A vestigial sideband/quadrature amplitude modulation (VSB/QAM) receiver, which receives both VSB and QAM signals and restores a carrier wave with a restored symbol clock after restoring a symbol timing in a front portion of a carrier wave restoration unit.

Abstract: A method of selecting a portion of a block of data for display based on characteristics of a display device. The method comprises several steps. In the first step, a block of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data is received at a communication device adapted to process this data. Next, an input is received at the communication device regarding an appearance of the display device. The communication device can be a set-top box. The appearance of the display includes, but is not limited to, the resolution, the aspect ratio (AR), and the physical size of the display. Based on these inputs, the communication device next selects a portion, more or fewer columns or rows, of the block of EPG data to be displayed on the display device. The portion of the EPG data selected is formatted and communicated to the display device, e.g. television, for viewing by the user.

Abstract: A video controller may include at least one video input port which may be programmably configured to receive either RGB or non-RGB color space signals. The video controller may programmably operate in either an RGB or non-RGB mode. In this way, the number of color space conversions may be reduced in some embodiments. For example, where a television output device is coupled to the video controller, the video controller may provide a non-RGB output signal.