Set top board for video on demand service and a computer system mounting the same

摘要

A set top board which is mounted within a personal computer in the form of a card, such as a video card and a communications card, includes: a networking part for communicating with a service provider of the VOD service system; an interface for interfacing with the CPU of the personal computer so that the set top board can be controlled by control signals of the personal computer; a decoder for decoding compressed MPEG image data, and a video processor for processing and outputting data corresponding to the compressed MPEG image data programs as still images on a monitor of the personal computer.