Patent ID: 7376343

Claim:
A DVD drive integrated television receiver comprising: a first microcomputer for a television having a zooming function; and a second microcomputer for a DVD drive having a zooming function and connected to the first microcomputer to enable two-way communication, wherein with respect to a first zoom mode common to a zoom mode prepared for the television and a zoom mode prepared for the DVD drive, a zooming function is shared by employing preferentially the zoom mode prepared for the television, and wherein when an operation is switched from the DVD drive to the television, the first microcomputer obtains information on a zoom mode at the DVD drive from the second microcomputer, in case that the information is for the first zoom mode, the first microcomputer employs the information to set up a zoom mode at the television, and in case that the information is not for the first zoom mode but is for a zoom mode unique to the DVD drive, the first microcomputer sets the zoom mode at the television to a zoom mode designated before the operation was switched from the television to the DVD drive.