stb 22 may be incorporated into the tv 24 itself thus eliminating the stb 22 further a computer having a tuner device and modem may be equivalently substituted for the tv 24 and stb 22 by way of example the stb 22 may be coupled to devices such as a personal computer video cassette recorder camcorder digital camera personal digital assistant and other audio visual or internet related devices in addition a data transport architecture such as that set forth by an industry group which includes sony corporation and known as the home audio video interoperability havi architecture may be utilized to enable interoperability among devices on a network regardless of the manufacturer of the device this forms a home network system wherein electronic devices and internet appliances are compatible with each other the stb 22 runs an operating system suitable for a home network system such as sony corporation 39 s aperios u2122 real time operating system other operating systems could also be used the stb 22 includes an infrared ir receiver 34 for receiving ir signals from an input device such as remote control 36 alternatively it is noted that many other control communication methods may be utilized besides ir such as wired or wireless radio frequency etc in addition it can be readily appreciated that the input device 36 may be any device suitable for controlling the stb 22 such as a remote control personal digital assistant laptop computer keyboard or computer mouse.