Patent ID: 8526494

Claim:
An information outputting apparatus connected to a network comprising a plurality of electronic apparatuses connected by digital buses, said information outputting apparatus comprising: a digital interface unit that receives a digital signal transmitted through one of said digital buses, which has a plurality of data channels; an information-detecting section configured to detect source-apparatus information indicating an electronic apparatus serving as a source outputting said digital signal and information on a video format of said digital signal from a packet header of said digital signal, which is received through said digital interface unit; a signal decoder that decodes a digital signal having a predetermined video format among digital signals received by said digital interface unit; a display capability judgment section configured to form a judgment as to whether or not a digital signal received by said digital interface unit can be capable of displaying a video; and an information-reporting section that reports said information on the video format detected by said information-detecting section, wherein said information-reporting section further reports content information that a digital signal received by said digital interface unit is capable of displaying said video format to said electronic apparatus through one of said plurality of data channels of said digital buses in case an outcome of a judgment formed by said display capability judgment section indicates that said digital signal is capable of displaying said video.