Patent ID: 7385649

Claim:
A video display apparatus, comprising: a display unit operable to display video; a storage unit operable to sequentially update and temporarily store video data of the video being displayed on the display unit; a read/write unit operable to write the video data stored in the storage unit into an external storage medium according to a first external operation, read the video data from the external storage medium according to a second external operation, and sequentially update the video data stored in the storage unit; a display control unit operable to display video on a screen of the display unit based on video data read from an external storage medium by the read/write unit; wherein, when said first external operation is performed, the read/write unit transfers all the video data temporarily stored in the storage unit to the external storage medium, prohibits sequential updating of the storage unit until all the video data has been transferred to the external storage medium, resumes sequential updating after all the video data has been transferred even though the first external operation is still being performed, and reads the video data from the external storage medium according to the second external operation; wherein the read/write unit is operable to compress the video data with a prescribed compression format and to store the compressed video data in the storage unit; and wherein the display control unit is operable to display one frame of the video data being displayed at a time the first external operation is performed, the one frame being displayed on at least a part of the screen of the display unit.