Patent ID: 7742052

Claim:
A video processing module comprising: one or more processors configured to post-process a video signal and produce a post-processed video signal; and a connector to provide a physical and communicative coupling between the one or more processors and one or more interchangeable video output modules in which each interchangeable video output module is configured to convert the post-processed video signal received via the connector to produce a formatted video signal, each interchangeable video output module capable of being interchanged with another interchangeable video output module that produces a different type of formatted video signal, wherein a first type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce an analog composite video signal, a second type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce an analog component video signal, a third type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce a serial digital composite video signal, a fourth type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce a serial digital component video signal, a fifth type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce a parallel digital composite video signal, and a sixth type of interchangeable video output module is configured to produce a parallel digital component video signal the one or more processors configured to: receive information regarding a specific configuration from at least one of the one or more interchangeable video output modules and modify one or more characteristics based upon the information regarding the specific configuration.