CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD

摘要

User interface of a digital home electric device using a television screen requires preferable visibility and easy operation. A function icon layout (70) having a plurality of function icons indicating medium types which can be reproduced and a content icon layout (72) having a plurality of content icons indicating the items of contents which can be reproduced are displayed so that they intersect each other substantially at the center of the menu screen (50). The moving picture icon (56) which is a function icon displayed at the intersection area (76) where the function icon layout (70) and the content icon layout (72) intersect is displayed in an enlarged size with a color different from the other function icons. In the content icon layout (72), the hierarchical structure of each content is visually displayed.