Portable storage device, video appliance using the same, and channel restriction method for video appliance

摘要

A portable storage device (110) capable of enabling a user to view selectively the only program selected by the user, a video appliance (120) using the same, and a method of restricting a channel of the video appliance. The portable storage device includes a channel information storage unit (111) for storing channel restriction information to restrict a broadcast channel, and a channel information transmission unit (112) for transmitting the channel restriction information to a video appliance (120) for outputting broadcasting.