Apparatus and method to reproduce multimedia content for a multitude of resolution displays

摘要

An apparatus and method for reproducing character-based content at a multitude of possible resolutions without distortion. The character-based content is read from a storage medium at a stored resolution format and is converted to a desired resolution format for display on an attached display device. The reproduction apparatus can compute a ratio between the desired display resolution and the stored resolution to convert the character-based content into the desired resolution format, wherein the computed ratio more particularly includes both a horizontal conversion ratio and a vertical conversion ratio. The line height of the converted character-based content may further be adjusted to ensure a square pixel resolution of the converted content being reproduced in order to ensure that the converted content is not distorted. The reproduction apparatus can detect whether the content includes a resolution value and if a resolution value is not present, a default resolution value can be substituted. A storage medium can be encoded with designated control information to enable a detection of a resolution value to enable the reproduction apparatus. The reproduction apparatus can have a complementary capability to substitute a resolution value if the designated control information is not detected.