Patent ID: 7768581

Claim:
A tuner module, comprising: a first carrier; a tuner disposed on the first carrier for tuning the frequency to receive a source signal to generate a digital video signal if the source signal is a digital television signal and generate an analog video signal if the source signal is an analog television signal; and a second carrier; a tuner connector disposed on the second carrier and electrically connected to the tuner, wherein the tuner outputs the digital video signal or the analog video signal via the tuner connector; a digital modulator disposed on the second carrier for receiving the digital video signal via the tuner connector to output a transport stream; a digital decoder disposed on the second carrier for controlling a display to display frames according to the transport stream; an analog decoder disposed on the second carrier for receiving the analog video signal via the tuner connector to generate a decoded signal; and a display unit disposed on the second carrier for receiving the decoded signal to control the display to display frames.