Patent ID: 8087057

Claim:
A video converter device, comprising: an output port connecting the video converter device to at least one display device; a channel selector configured to receive multiple channels of programming, to select one of the channels from the multiple channels, and to deliver the selected channel to at the least one display device via the output port; an Internet Protocol (IP) interface configured to receive programming over an IP connection, and to deliver the programming received over the IP connection to the at least one display device via the output port; and at least one processor configured to provide via the output port to the at least one display device an electronic program guide comprising timing information for the programming received by the channel selector and the IP interface, wherein the timing information for at least some of the programming received by the IP interface is displayed in the electronic program guide as at least one virtual channel providing streaming of the programming over the IP interface; wherein the video converter device bidirectionally communicates with a second video converter device utilizing the IP interface to retransmit from the video converter device the programming received through the IP interface and the multiple channels of programming received through the channel selector to the second video converter device via the IP interface.