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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Dae-gu Kim, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Dae-gu Kim, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus and a control method thereof is provided in which channels corresponding to a predetermined broadcasting format are displayed on a display unit even though they are not separately selected by a user as desired channels. A display apparatus includes a display unit to display a picture thereon, and a tuner to select a channel, a broadcasting format selection unit to select a predetermined broadcasting format, a signal receiver to receive information about the broadcasting format, and a controller to control the tuner to allow the channel corresponding to the broadcasting format to be displayed on the display unit when the broadcasting format is selected through the broadcasting format selection unit.