Personal multimedia devices can detect when an incoming video format is
different from a native format and make a local decision to convert
incoming video formats to a format native to the personal multimedia
device. The personal multimedia device may include a media processor
that comprises an MPEG decoder/encoder, graphics processors, and a video
decoder/encoder. These components increase a frame rate of a received
video signal when the frame rate of the received video signal is less
than a frame rate of the native video format of the personal multimedia
device and decrease the frame rate of the received video signal when the
frame rate of the received video signal is greater than the native frame
rate of the set-top box. The graphics processor scales a frame resolution
of the frames in the received video signal to correspond to the native
video format.