Television for storing and displaying still picture

A television comprising:

• a tuner for converting an RF signal of a broadcast channel input through an antenna into an IF sound signal and an IF video signal;
• demodulating means for demodulating a sound signal from said IF sound signal and a video signal from said IF video signal;
• storage means for storing a still picture of a desired scene;
• detecting means for detecting a synchronizing signal from the demodulated video signal to output a detecting signal;
• and
• control means for controlling so that the video signal of the desired scene is stored in the storage means when a normal broadcast signal is input, input of the normal broadcast signal being recognized when said detecting means detects the synchronizing signal, and the still picture stored in the storage means is displayed when the normal broadcast signal is not input.

A television comprising:

• a key input portion having at least one still picture storage key;
• a tuner for converting an RF signal of a broadcast channel received through an antenna into an IF video signal and an IF sound signal;
• a demodulator for demodulating a video signal and a sound signal from said IF video signal and said IF sound signal, respectively;
• first signal processing means for separating said demodulated video signal into RGB signals and a synchronizing signal;
• detecting means for detecting said synchronizing signal output from said first signal processing means to output a detecting signal;
• control signal generating means for recognizing said detecting signal from said detecting means and a key input from said key input portion to output first to fourth control signals;
• second signal processing means for processing said sound signal output from said demodulator to be output as an audio signal when a normal broadcast signal is input, input of the normal broadcast signal being recognized when said detecting means detects the synchronizing signal, and for muting said sound signal according to said first control signal when the normal broadcast signal is not input;
• first switching means for selecting either said RGB signals output from said first signal processing means or RGB signals input from an external video recording/reproducing device according to said second control signal;
• storage means for writing in and reading out the RGB signals selected by said first switching means according to said third control signal;
• and
• second switching means for selecting either the RGB signals output from said first signal processing means or the RGB signals read out from said memory according to the fourth control signal, to display a switched signal on a picture tube.