Patent ID: 8467665
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback device comprising: a judging unit operable to judge whether a display device connected to the playback device is equipped to display a first video signal at only a first frame rate or a second video signal with a mixed signal at both the first frame rate and a second frame rate for playback; a mode setting unit operable to set an operation mode of the playback device, according to a user selection, to one of a continuous mode prohibiting frame rate switching during playback and a discontinuous mode permitting frame rate switching during playback, when the second video signal for playback is switched from the first frame rate to the second frame rate in the discontinuous mode, the signal output performed by the playback unit is switched from the first frame rate to the second frame rate, and when the second video signal for playback is switched from the first frame rate to the second frame rate in the continuous mode, the signal output performed by the playback unit is maintained at the first frame rate; and a playback unit operable, if the playback device is set to the discontinuous mode, to perform signal output at one of the first frame rate and the second frame rate.