Patent ID: 8077243

Claim:
A video output device comprising: an OSD generation means for generating OSD (On Screen Display) for controlling the device itself; a detection means for detecting a connected state in which the device is connected to a prescribed external display device in a state realizing a mutual device control function which can perform control between devices mutually; a forced output means for outputting the OSD generated by the OSD generation means to the external display device forcibly and displaying the OSD on a display portion of the external display device regardless of any setting of the device when detecting the connected state by the detection means; and an OSD output means for causing the OSD to be displayed to a monitor of the video output device regardless of whether the OSD is forcibly outputted to the external display device or not, such that when the OSD is forcibly outputted to the external display device the OSD is displayed at a same time on both the display portion of the external display device and the monitor of the video output device.