Display apparatus and the using restriction method thereof

The present invention relates to, and more particularly an external video display device that can limit the use for each external device that is connected through an input terminal, and uses control methods provided in the image display device of the video display device. That is, the present invention is to respectively set the availability and connection time for each logical address of the external device can be connected is the external device at a later date is selectively used to allow or use according to the above-mentioned availability and connection time on and to the limit. In addition, the display information and availability information for the connected external device so that the user can grasp the information and status of the external device. Thus, the image display apparatus and use restriction method set the limits for each particular external device and an external device other than the use is permitted is optional, adolescents and children to limit the indiscriminate use of the external device for use in accordance with the present invention by carrying out the use limit the use of the external device-specific or time, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a more efficient use of limited function. An external device, a logical address, used limits