Digital Set-top Box with Custom Channel Function

A digital set-top box with a custom channel function connected with a remote control and a display screen, comprising:

• a central processing unit, which includes a user editable composite channel table that stores a plurality of channel numbers and a plurality of channels, with each of the channel numbers corresponding to a respective one of the channels, wherein the channels in the composite channel table include television channels and a video stream channel provided by a video streaming application executed by the central processing unit, and each of the channel numbers has corresponding media setting information;
• a signal input unit, electrically connected to the central processing unit and including a plurality of media ports for receiving different digital video sources;
• an audio/video (AV) output unit, electrically connected to the central processing unit for outputting a video signal;
• a memory unit, electrically connected to the central processing unit for storing each of the channels in the composite channel table and media setting information thereof;
• and
• an input/output (I/O) unit, electrically connected to the central processing unit for receiving a control command sent by the remote control;
• wherein when the remote control sends a number command, the central processing unit searches for the channel corresponding to the number command in the memory unit according to the number command and displays the channel on the display screen.