A clamp control circuit outputs a clamp control signal after a delay of a
predetermined time if a digital video signal is detected. A sampling
circuit that extracts sampling data of a pedestal level from a luminance
corrected signal based on a clamp pulse at a timing of the back porch. A
data averaging circuit calculates an average of the sampling data of the
pedestal level. A data holding circuit holds a difference between the
average and a digital signal processing reference level when the clamp
control signal is output and also when the clamp control signal is not
output. A level correction circuit corrects a level of the luminance
signal based on the difference held by the data holding circuit and
outputs the corrected luminance signal.