Digital contents playback apparatus
First Claim
1. A digital contents playback apparatus having two or more playback means for playing back different types of recording mediums on which digital contents of data are stored, comprising:
- an automatic contents retrieving means for automatically retrieving reproducible data of the digital contents from each recording medium upon switching on a power of the digital contents playback apparatus; and
a contents data displaying means for producing a list of the contents from the data retrieved by the automatic contents retrieving means and displaying the list on an externally connected display device, wherein the contents data displaying means is arranged to display at once a list of the available digital contents retrieved over all the applicable recording mediums by the automatic contents retrieving means upon switching on the power of the apparatus.
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Abstract
A digital contents playback apparatus is provided for, upon switching on the power, retrieving reproducible data of the contents to be played back by its DVD playback module or a hard disk record/playback module, reading from a memory the available broadcast channels to be intercepted by its tuner, and producing a list of all the digital contents which can selectively be viewed. The list of the digital contents is itemized with the title of the content, the name or type of the recording medium, the date of recording, and so on so that it functions as an interface for selecting actions, thus contributing to the ease of selection of the content.
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1. A digital contents playback apparatus having two or more playback means for playing back different types of recording mediums on which digital contents of data are stored, comprising:
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an automatic contents retrieving means for automatically retrieving reproducible data of the digital contents from each recording medium upon switching on a power of the digital contents playback apparatus; and
a contents data displaying means for producing a list of the contents from the data retrieved by the automatic contents retrieving means and displaying the list on an externally connected display device, wherein the contents data displaying means is arranged to display at once a list of the available digital contents retrieved over all the applicable recording mediums by the automatic contents retrieving means upon switching on the power of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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