Patent ID: 9686579
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A television signal tuner device, comprising: a tuner included within a housing of the television signal tuner device, the tuner to receive a digital terrestrial television signal; a demodulator included within the housing of the television signal tuner device, the demodulator to demodulate the digital terrestrial television signal, wherein the digital terrestrial television signal is demodulated to obtain an encoded Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) transport stream of at least one channel; a decoder included within the housing of the television signal tuner device, the decoder to decode the encoded MPEG transport stream to decoded digital video and digital audio data, wherein the decoded digital video and digital audio data includes demultiplexed content from a particular channel of the encoded MPEG transport stream; a processor included within the housing of the television signal tuner device to: a digital audio video connector exposed from the housing of the television signal tuner device, the digital audio video connector to directly couple with an external connector port of a display device, the digital audio video connector to provide the decoded digital video and digital audio data of the particular channel to the display device according to a specification; and wherein the television signal tuner device is external to the display device, and wherein the television signal tuner device is removably coupleable to the display device via coupling of the digital audio video connector with the external connector port of the display device.