Patent ID: 8875056

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel; a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed; an arrangement determination section for arranging a plurality of the thumbnail images displayed in the multiple content display mode by category to which the contents belong, wherein each thumbnail image corresponds to one of a plurality of categories comprising at least some of: user favorite broadcast program, viewing history, recommended program, and network delivery content; an arrangement change section for changing an arrangement of a plurality of the thumbnail images displayed in the multiple content display mode by a user operation; and a boundary line display section for displaying, between two of the thumbnail images, a boundary line indicating a difference of the category before the arrangement of the thumbnail images is changed by the user operation, and for not displaying the boundary line after the arrangement of the thumbnail images is changed by the user operation, wherein a framing of the thumbnail images indicates the mode to which the display mode controller transitions when the at least one thumbnail is selected, the framing being selectable from a first framing indicating that the display mode controller transitions to the whole screen display mode when the at least one thumbnail is selected, a second framing indicating that the display mode controller transitions to the multiple content display mode when the at least one thumbnail is selected, and a third framing indicating that the display mode controller transitions to the panel display mode when the at least one thumbnail is selected.