Patent ID: 8812749

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a digital video signal into a programmable processing unit of a video display device; placing the video display device in one of a storage mode or an image processing mode, wherein: the storage mode is a mode in which the digital video signal is to be compressed and stored in a memory of the video display device and to be retrieved from the memory and decompressed and displayed on a video display of the video display device, wherein the video display device is to be placed in the storage mode in response to an input from a user of the video display device to pause, rewind, or save the digital video signal, placing the video display device in the storage mode includes downloading a first microcode into at least one first programmable processor of the programmable processing unit in response to the input from the user to pause, rewind, or save the digital video signal, the image processing mode is a mode in which the digital video signal is not to be stored in the memory and the digital video signal is not to be retrieved from the memory for display on the video display, and the image processing mode is a mode in which the digital video signal is to be enhanced and displayed on the video display of the video display device, and placing the video display device in the image processing mode includes downloading a second microcode into at least one second programmable processor of the programmable processing unit to cause the at least one programmable processor to perform enhanced image processing on the digital video signal for display on the video display of the video display device.