An image signal output from a first delay circuit is taken out from an image
interpolation
filter and from a second delay circuit corresponding to an image-quality adjustment
filter, and an image signal selected by a first selector is output through a second
selector from an output terminal. In this case, a bypass unit (the second delay
circuit and the first selector) for bypassing the image interpolation filter and
the image-quality adjustment filter to take out a first set and a second set of
images written into first and second image memories is provided. Selections at
the first and second selectors are made according to an identification signal for
identifying an interlaced image signal or a progressive image signal, extracted
by a decoder circuit, a still-image/motion-image mode signal input to a first control
terminal, and a first/second field selection signal input to a second control terminal.