Patent ID: 8130327

Claim:
A video processing apparatus, comprising: a signal receiving part receiving a video signal through one of a plurality of channels; a user inputting part in which the channel is selected and inputted by a user; a video processing part processing the video signal received by the signal receiving part; and a controller controlling the signal receiving part to start receiving a video signal through a first channel upon the first channel selection among the plurality of channels by the user, to stop receiving the video signal through the first channel, and to start receiving a video signal through a second channel upon the second channel selection among the plurality of channels by the user; wherein the second channel selection is made during the receiving process of the first channel, wherein if the second channel selection is made within a predetermined reference time from the time when the first channel was selected by the user and tuning to the first channel is not completed upon the second channel selection, the second channel selection is ignored, wherein if the tuning to the first channel is completed within the predetermined reference time, the start of receiving the video signal through the second channel occurs when the second channel selection is made after the tuning to the first channel is completed, and wherein if the tuning to the first channel is not completed within the predetermined reference time, the start of receiving the video signal through the second channel occurs upon the second channel selection after the predetermined reference time has passed.