Patent ID: 8887198

Claim:
A display device comprising: a key input unit configured to input a request command from a user; a tuner unit configured to sequentially search broadcast channels of each band including first and second bands according to a channel search command input from the key input unit, wherein each of the first and second bands include a plurality of broadcast channels; and a control unit configured to skip channels or band from a current search channel or band to a next channel or band without a channel search operation when a skip command is inputted from the key input unit during the sequential channel search operation of the tuner unit, to set a start channel number for a channel re-search within a skip section of the skipped band or channels when a channel re-search command is input from the key input unit during a sequential search of the broadcast channels, and to re-perform the sequential search of the broadcast channels from a broadcast channel corresponding to the start channel number, wherein the tuner unit is configured to sequentially search broadcast channels from a first channel of the second band after the channel search operation of all broadcast channels of the first band is completed, and wherein the control unit is configured to reduce the current search channel number within the skip section of the skipped band or channels when the channel re-search command is inputted within a predetermined period, and to set a reduced channel number as the start channel number for the channel re-search when the channel re-search command is not inputted within the predetermined period.