Patent ID: 8174619

Claim:
A reception apparatus, comprising: a signal reception section configured to receive a video signal transmitted via a transmission path; an image display section configured to process the video signal received by said signal reception section to display an image; a timing information acquisition section configured to acquire timing information in connection with reception of the video signal by said signal reception section, the timing information concerning timing that affects the image displayed by said image display section; a reference time length adjustment section configured to adjust a reference time length based on the timing information acquired by said timing information acquisition section, the reference time length being used as a reference for a length of a time period from the reception of the video signal by said signal reception section to start of image display by said image display section; and a display control section configured to control timing at which the image display by said image display section is started, based on the reference time length adjusted by said reference time length adjustment section, wherein said reference time length adjustment section generates a new reference time length based on the timing information acquired by said timing information acquisition section, and updates the reference time length stored in a storage section by referring to the new reference time length, and said display control section controls the timing at which the image display by said image display section is started, based on the reference time length stored in the storage section.