Patent ID: 6862399

Claim:
A video reproduction apparatus comprising: video reproduction means for reproducing a video recorded on a recording medium, and for outputting a video signal; an output signal formation portion that serves as first signal formation means for forming an input signal into a first output signal based on a progressive system and that serves as second signal formation means for forming an input signal into a second output signal based on an interlaced system; reproduction operation means for actuating the video reproduction means; and reproduction stop operation means for stopping an operation of the video reproduction means, wherein the video signal output from the video reproduction means is input to the output signal formation portion, and the input video signal is one of the first output signal and the second output signal, one of the first output signal and the second output signal is output to a television receiver connected to the video reproduction apparatus, the video reproduction apparatus further comprises: a microcomputer that controls the operation of the video reproduction apparatus; and input operation means for displaying an operation menu on a screen of the television receiver, and for setting the input signal inputted to the output signal formation portion in accordance with the type of the television receiver as the first output signal or the second output signal, by performing an input operation based on the display of the operation menu as to whether the television receiver is based on the progressive system or the interlaced system, and if the reproduction stop operation means is operated, the output signal formation portion is controlled to function as the second signal formation means.