Patent ID: 8737823
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A disk reproducing device for reproducing and outputting video and audio data to a television device meeting a HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE standard, the disk reproducing device comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains an EXTENDED DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION DATA transmitted from the television device meeting the HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE standard which is connected to the disk reproducing device; a discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not a native format of the video data reproduced from a disk is present in a CEA Short Video Descriptor of the EXTENDED DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION DATA obtained by the obtaining unit; an outputting unit that selects the native format and outputs video data reproduced from an optical disk to the television device connected to the disk reproducing device in the native format without converting a video format of the video data, in a case where the discriminating unit discriminates that the native format is present in the CEA Short Video Descriptor of the EXTENDED DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION DATA; and displaying unit that causes a screen of the television device to display that the television device connected to the disk reproducing device does not meet the native format of the video data reproduced from the optical disk, in a case where the discriminating unit discriminates that the native format is not present in the CEA Short Video Descriptor of the EXTENDED DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION DATA.