Modular television input

A method for transferring a signal to a display device 190 via an input module 110, comprising:

• detachably attaching an input module 110 to a display device 190, the input module 110 comprising:
• one or more first interfaces 105;
• a converter 305;
• and
• a bi-directional second interface 115;
• introducing a first signal in a first signal format to the one or more first interfaces 105;
• converting all or a portion of the first signal from the first signal format to a second signal 130 having a predetermined second signal format;
• transmitting all or a portion of the second signal 130 from the second interface 115;
• receiving all or a portion of the second signal 130 using a bi-directional third interface 150 disposed in, on, or about the display device 190.

A modular signal interface apparatus, comprising:

• at least one input module 110 comprising:
• one or more first interfaces 105 configured to accept one or more first signals having a first format;
• a converter 305 to convert the one or more first signals from the first format to one or more second signals 130 having a predetermined second format;
• and
• a second interface 115 configured to bi-directionally communicate the one or more second signals 130;
• a display device 190 comprising;
• an output device 180;
• one or more processors 170, wherein the one or more processors are selected from a group consisting of:
• a three-dimensional comb filter, a chroma decoder, and an upconverter;
• a plurality of bi-directional third interfaces 150, at least one of the plurality of bi-directional third interfaces 150 having at least one input module 110 detachably attached thereto, wherein at least a portion of the second interface 115 is communicatively coupled to at least a portion of the bi-directional third interface 150;
• a switching matrix 155 communicatively coupled to all or a portion of the plurality of bi-directional third interfaces 150 and communicatively coupled to one or more processors 170.