Patent ID: 7945930

Claim:
A method for controlling video signal processing apparatus, comprising: receiving a video signal from a video signal source; processing the video signal to provide an output signal in a first format suitable for display on an imager device; receiving user selection commands via a user input device; providing an output signal in a second format in accordance with one of a plurality of user-activated display functions in response to a user selection of a particular one of the plurality of user-activated display functions; wherein the user-activated display function comprises a video sizing, including the video signal within an electronic program guide display and generating a picture-in-picture display; providing the output signal in one of the first and second formats to an output terminal for coupling the output signal to a video signal recording device; and detecting activation of a recording function in response to user selection of the recording function and, in response to the detection of the activation of the recording function, detecting whether the particular one of the plurality of user-activated display functions is on, and if on, automatically overriding the previous user selection of a particular one of a plurality of user-activated display functions to provide the output signal in the first format to the output terminal.