Patent ID: 8396354

Claim:
A display apparatus enclosure comprising a display to display an image and a video signal processor to convert an input video signal into a displayable format compatible with the display, the display apparatus enclosure comprising: a reproducing and/or recording drive reading and/or recording data stored in a medium; a drive playback part converting data read by the reproducing and/or recording drive into a video signal compatible with the video signal processor; an interface to transmit the read data to an external device enclosure, with the interface permitting transmission of data from the external device enclosure to the display apparatus enclosure, with the external device enclosure being separate from the display apparatus enclosure and comprising at least a graphic processor capable of converting data into a signal compatible for displaying video; and a switching part selectively enabling the reproducing and/or recording drive to communicate with either the drive playback part or the interface, such that when the reproducing and/or recording drive communicates with the drive playback part, data is transferred from the reproducing and/or recording drive to the drive playback part and not transferred from the drive playback part to the reproducing and/or recording drive, and when the reproducing and/or recording drive communicates with the interface, data is transferred from the reproducing and/or recording drive to the interface and from the interface to the reproducing and/or recording drive, wherein the drive playback part comprises a control signal input part generating a control signal to control the reproducing and/or recording drive, the switching part, and the drive playback part corresponding to a user's operation, and wherein the drive playback part processes data in JPEG format, MPEG-1 format, MPEG-2 format, MPEG-3 format, MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) format or DivXTM format and recording data read from a CD (Compact Disk) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and the drive playback part is provided in a single chip, and the reproducing and/or recording drive is provided in the display apparatus enclosure.