Patent ID: 8793407

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a display panel; a connecting unit, external to the display apparatus, connectible to a first video/audio source or a second video/audio source; a single set of connection terminals, having a first subset and a second subset, installed in the display apparatus, the single set of connection terminals to which any one of the first and second video/audio sources is connectible via a connection unit to receive respective video and audio signals such that the first subset of connection terminals is used to receive video and audio signals from the first video/audio source and the second subset of connection terminals is used to receive video and audio signals from the second video/audio source, and each terminal in the single set of connection terminals is the same in a shape, a number of pins, and pin arrangements thereof, the single set of connection terminals being the only terminals disposed on the display apparatus to receive the video and audio signals; a controller to determine which one of the first and second video/audio sources is transmitting video and audio signals which are input through the connection unit and the connection terminals; and a signal processing unit to process the video and audio signals received via the connection terminals according to the determined one of the first and second video/audio sources, wherein the connection unit is external to the display apparatus and includes a cable removably connected between the connection unit and the respective one of the first and second video/audio sources, an output side of the connection unit connected to the connection terminals, via the connecting unit, having a same shape as that of the connection terminals, and an input side of the connection unit having a different shape from that of the output side.