Patent ID: 7099570

Claim:
A video signal reproduction apparatus for receiving an information signal including a video signal and a determination signal indicating a type of the video signal, and reproducing the video signal included in the information signal, comprising: a conversion section for converting the video signal into an interlaced scan video sianal and a progressive scan video signal, the conversion section converting an aspect ratio of the interlaced scan video signal and outputting the converted interlaced scan video signal through an interlaced scan video output terminal to an interlaced scan video monitor; and an aspect ratio conversion section for converting an aspect ratio of the progressive scan video signal output from the conversion section and outputting the converted progressive scan video signal through a progressive scan video output terminal to a progressive scan video monitor, wherein the aspect ratio conversion section converts the aspect ratio of the progressive scan video signal based on the determination signal indicating the type of the video signal and monitor information indicating a type of the progressive scan video monitor; and the converted interlaced scan video signal is output to the interlaced scan video output terminal and the converted progressive scan video signal is output to the progressive scan video output terminal, concurrently.