In the television apparatus 900 thus constructed, the decoder 904 has the functions of the image decoding apparatus described above. Therefore, when the decoder 904 decodes images in the television apparatus 90, the television apparatus 900 can display decoded images where the image quality is restrained from being lowered.
The antenna 921 is connected to the communication unit 922. The speaker 924 and the microphone 925 are connected to the audio codec 923. The operating unit 932 is connected to the controller 931. The bus 933 interconnects the communication unit 922, the audio codec 923, the camera 926, the image processor 927, the demultiplexer 928, the recorder/reproducer 929, the display 930, and the controller 931.
The cellular phone 920 operates to send and receive audio signals, send and receive electronic mails or image data, capture images, and record data in various operation modes including a voice speech mode, a data communication mode, an image capturing mode, and a video telephone mode.