Disclosed is a video-ready Internet telephone which is compatible with a
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone providing a voice
communication service over the Internet. The video-ready Internet
telephone includes a video processing module for converting a digital
video signal into an analog video signal by using a communication
protocol for video or converting an analog video signal applied thereto
into an digital video signal for transmission through the Internet; and a
video input/output module operated in cooperation with the video
processing module, for receiving an analog video signal from a camera or
receiving the converted analog video signal from the video processing
module and displaying corresponding analog video data in response to the
received analog video signal on a liquid crystal display (LCD).