A display device (1) is provided with a scanning line driver circuit (4) for selecting a plurality of scanning signal lines in a line-sequential manner, a signal line driver circuit (3) having a reception circuit for receiving data signals and for sequentially supplying the data signals to pixels aligned with the scanning signal line (6) selected by the scanning line driver circuit (4), and a timing controller (10) for delimiting a non-scanning period in which none of the scanning signal lines are selected on the basis of a synchronization signal received from the outside and for transmitting to the signal line driver circuit (3) an operation determining signal for lowering the function of the reception circuit during at least a portion of the delimited non-scanning period. The signal line driver circuit (3) and the timing controller (10) are provided as separate entities.