Graphical user interface for TV channel selection with selection between full screen mode and windows mode

摘要

A graphical user interface for an entertainment system assists a viewer while navigating channels. The user interface is a channel bar which is displayed together with the currently selected channel. The channel bar has a plurality of linearly arranged channel-related icons for navigating the channels. A tools bar has an icon 146 which permits a viewer to toggle between a television mode, in which programs are displayed full screen, and a windows mode in which the program and channel bar are confined to a window according to a predefined aspect ratio.