Digital broadcast reproducer and digital broadcast reproducing method
AssigneeBuffalo Inc.
InventorOsamu YAMADA
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Abstract
A digital broadcast reproducer includes a reproduction unit for reproducing the content of a channel of digital broadcast by using plural tuners, and a controller for controlling the plural tuners and the reproduction unit. Upon detecting the initiation of a zapping operation, the controller controls the reproduction unit in such a manner that the reproduction unit reproduces the content of a desired channel selected by one of the plural tuners and simultaneously prepares for the reproduction of the content of the next desired channel selected by the other of the plural tuners while switching between the plural tuners at a predetermined time interval.
Claims9
A digital broadcast reproducer comprising:
- a reproduction unit for reproducing the contents of the channels of digital broadcast by using plural tuners;
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- a controller for controlling the plural tuners and the reproduction unit, wherein
- upon detecting the initiation of a zapping operation, the controller controls the reproduction unit in such a manner that the reproduction unit reproduces the content of a desired channel selected by one of the plural tuners and simultaneously prepares for the reproduction of the next desired channel selected by the other of the plural tuners, while switching between the plural tuners at a predetermined time interval.
A digital broadcast reproducing method of reproducing the contents of channels of digital broadcast by using plural tuners, comprising:
- the step of sequentially switching over desired channels at a predetermined time interval through the switching over the plural tuners upon detecting the initiation of a zapping operation, and
- the step of preparing for the selection of a next desired channel while selecting the currently selected channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.