An image displaying method for a television includes: selecting a portion of a plurality of display regions of a screen of the television to display a still or animated image when a power-on signal is received; and utilizing all the plurality of display regions to display images corresponding to a television signal after a predetermined time period beginning from when the power-on signal is received. The present invention further discloses an image displaying method for a television, including: selecting a portion of a plurality of display regions of a screen of the television and stopping the displaying of images corresponding to a television signal on the selected display regions when a power-off signal is received; and stopping the displaying of images corresponding to the television signal on all the plurality of display regions after a predetermined time period beginning from when the power-off signal is received.