A television video signal is compressed to the number of digital video signals sufficient for display of an image on a liquid crystal display. A television audio signal is also sampled and digitized. The television video and audio signals are combined to produce a digital television signal. The audio...http://www.google.com/patents/US4710826?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4710826 - Apparatus with liquid crystal display panel, for recording/playing back television signal by utilizing digital audio tape recorder system