Television set capable of controlling external device and image storage controlled by television set

An image storage to be separately connected to a television set comprising:

• a main memory for storing a plurality of digital still image data;
• a digital circuit for retrieving desired one of the plurality of digital still image data from the main memory;
• an input circuit for receiving a control signal from the television set;
• and
• an output circuit for transmitting a still image signal on the basis of the digital still image data retrieved by the digital circuit.

A television set to be connected to an image storage comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• an input circuit for receiving a still image signal transmitted from the image storage;
• a monitor for selectively displaying one of the broadcast program from the television circuit and the still image on the basis of the still image signal received by the input circuit;
• and
• an output circuit for transmitting a control signal to the image storage.

A television set to be connected to an external device comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• an input circuit for receiving an image transmitted from the external device;
• a monitor for selectively displaying one of the broadcast program from the television circuit and the image on the basis of the image signal received by the input circuit;
• a mode selector for selecting between a first mode for the monitor to display the broadcast program and a second mode for the monitor to display the image from the external device, and
• an output circuit for transmitting a control signal to make the external device operative when the mode selector selects the second mode.

A television set to be connected to an external device comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• an input circuit for receiving an image transmitted from the external device;
• a monitor for selectively displaying one of the broadcast program from the television circuit and the image on the basis of the image signal received by the input circuit;
• a main switch;
• and
• an output circuit for transmitting a control signal to turn on the external device when the main switch is turned on.

A television set to be connected to an external device comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• an input circuit for receiving an image transmitted from the external device;
• a monitor for selectively displaying one of the broadcast program from the television circuit and the image on the basis of the image signal received by the input circuit;
• a main switch;
• and
• an output circuit for transmitting a control signal to turn off the external device when the main switch is turned off.

A television set to be connected to an external device comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• an input circuit for receiving an image signal transmitted from the external device;
• a monitor for selectively displaying one of the broadcast program from the television circuit and the image on the basis of the image signal received by the input circuit;
• a remote controller;
• and
• an output circuit for transmitting a control signal to the external device in response to the remote controller.

A television set comprising:

• a television circuit including a tuner for receiving a broadcast program;
• a monitor for selectively displaying a single image and a set of a plurality of divided images;
• a mode selector for selecting between a first mode for the monitor to display the single image and a second mode for the monitor to display the set of images;
• a remote controller for controlling the television circuit in the first mode and for selecting one of the plurality of divided images in the second mode;
• wherein the remote controller includes a set of the plurality of manually operable members to be commonly used in the first and second modes, and wherein an arrangement of a set of the plurality of divided images corresponds to the arrangement of the manually operable members.