Patent ID: 7782406

Claim:
A receiving apparatus comprising: first and second channel selection sections for selecting channels of broadcasting signals; first and second demodulation sections for demodulating the broadcasting signals that are channel-selected by the first and second channel selection sections; first and second decode sections for decoding the broadcasting signals demodulated by the first and second demodulation sections; a channel selection instruction section for carrying out an instruction of the channel selection of the broadcasting signal; a control section, that when an instruction to switch to one channel from another channel is given in the channel selection instruction section, controls an output of an image signal of the one channel to be switched to, using the second channel selection section, the second demodulation section and the second decode section while at the same time outputting an image signal of the another channel before being switched, using the first channel selection section, the first demodulation section and the first decode section; and a luminance change section, for changing the luminance of the image signals included in the broadcasting signals decoded by the first decode section and the second decode section; wherein the luminance change section changes the luminance of the image signal of the another channel before being switched, when the instruction to switch to the one channel from the another channel is given in the channel selection instruction section.