Patent ID: 7903101
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for setting an external input in a display device, the method comprising: receiving, by the display device, information about an external device, wherein the information about the external device is sent from the external device, and the external device is connected to the display device via a network; determining, by the display device and based on the information about the external device, whether the external device has a capability of providing a component output whose luminance and chrominance signals are separated and transmitted; and selecting and setting, by the display device, a set of component terminals as a set of external input terminals of the display device for receiving a signal from a set of component output terminals of the external device if it is determined that the external device has the capability of providing the component output, wherein the external device includes a plurality of analog output terminals including a non-component output terminal.