Patent ID: 8810737

Claim:
A video display device comprising: an input terminal through which a video stream output by a specific external device is input; a reception portion; and a control portion, wherein the video display device has, choices of an “input target”, a plurality of choices including a choice corresponding to the input terminal, the reception portion receives a remote control signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter for remotely operating the video display device, and transmits, to the control portion, a signal including a remote control code based on the remote control signal and when the control portion receives, from the reception portion, any one of the remote control codes corresponding to at least one of predetermined keys provided in the remote control transmitter, if the “input target” is set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal, the control portion controls the specific external device such that a remote operation of the specific external device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made valid, and does not perform an operation of the video display device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion whereas if the “input target” is not set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal, the control portion controls the specific external device such that the remote operation of the specific external device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made invalid, and performs the operation of the video display device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion.