Digital broadcast signal reception set-top box facilitating resolution settings for a digital broadcast signal

Abstract

Disclosed is a digital broadcast signal reception set-top box facilitating resolution settings for a digital broadcast signal. The set-top box has a receiver for receiving a digital broadcast signal, a resolution converter for converting the digital broadcast signal to a signal having a predetermined resolution value, an output part for outputting to an external display device the digital broadcast signal having the resolution value converted by the resolution converter, and a controller for controlling the resolution converter and the output part to sequentially output at predetermined time intervals the digital broadcast signal having the different resolution values and to output, in case that a selection command is inputted for the resolution value from external, the digital broadcast signal converted to a resolution value corresponding to the selection command. The set-top box controls the resolution converter to have any one of plural standard values for the resolution values able to be set by the resolution converter. At this time, the standard values are 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i.

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