such as but not limited to a console in the sony playstation u00ae family and or from a digital disk player 30 such as a blu ray u00ae disk player the console 28 typically includes a game processor 32 accessing a game storage medium 34 storing audio and or video data and likewise the disk player 30 typically includes a disk processor 36 accessing a disk storage medium 38 storing audio and or video data the game console can have a game remote control 28 a and the disk player can be associated with a wireless disk player remote control 30 a content from the tv tuner 18 and when provided from the game console 28 disk player 30 may be presented under control of the tv processor 14 on a tv display 40 such as but not limited to a plasma display or flat panel matrix type display either standard definition sd and or high definition hd in one example embodiment the components shown in fig1 communicate multimedia data to each other over high definition multimedia interface hdmi links 42 and the components also communicate control data over consumer electronics control cec links 44 that typically accompany hdmi links in the example non limiting.