An apparatus for connecting a computer and a TV is disclosed. The
apparatus according to the present invention includes a TV coding unit
for encoding various control signals such as a TV signal, etc. generated
in a TV and generating a first packet signal, a computer coding unit for
encoding a computer signal such as a video signal, audio signal and
various control signals generated in a computer and generating a second
packet signal, a TV transmission and receiving unit for receiving the
first packet signal, transmitting the received first packet signal to the
outside and receiving the second packet signal from the outside, a
computer transmission and receiving unit for receiving the second packet
signal, transmitting the received second packet signal to the outside and
receiving the first packet signal from the outside, a TV decoding unit
for receiving the second packet signal from the TV transmission and
receiving unit, decoding the same and recovering into an original signal,
a computer decoding unit for receiving the first packet signal from the
computer transmission and receiving unit, decoding the received first
packet signal and recovering into an original signal, and a transmission
line connected between the TV transmission and receiving unit and the
computer transmission and receiving unit for transmitting the first
packet signal and the second packet signal.