Patent ID: 7298419

Claim:
A television receiver embedded with a video recording apparatus comprising: a broadcast receiver that performs channel-tuning for a broadcast signal and outputs a composite signal; a first video converter that converts the composite signal into a Y/C signal, and then converts the Y/C signal into a digital signal; a recording/reproducing unit that records the digital signals onto a DVD, and for reproducing data from the DVD; a second video converter that converts the reproduced data into a Y/C signal; a signal selector for selecting one of the composite signal or the Y/C signal; a video display unit that displays the signal selected by the signal selector; a signal path along which the digital signal obtained by the first video converter is to be transmitted to the second video converter; a first controller that controls the broadcast receiver and the signal selector; and a second controller that controls the recording/reproducing unit, the first video converter and the second video converter, wherein the first controller, after being powered on, controls the signal selector to select the composite signal, and, upon receiving an initialization end notification from the second controller, controls the signal selector to select the Y/C signal, and wherein the second controller, after being powered on, initializes the recording/reproducing unit, the first video converter and the second video converter, and then, following the completion of the initialization process, controls the second video converter to convert and then to output, as a Y/C signal, a signal received along the signal path, and sends the initialization end notice to the first controller and during the reproduction of data stored on the DVD, controls the second video converter to convert and then to output, as a Y/C signal, the reproduced data.