Disclosed herein is a video signal process circuit that includes a control
circuit having a level detection circuit and a dynamic range switch
circuit. In the control circuit and a microcomputer, an average luminance
of an image displayed on a liquid crystal panel via a liquid crystal
driver circuit is detected. When the average luminance is equal to or
over a level YSmax, an upper limit of the dynamic range is expanded, so
that a signal level of a composite video signal in which white blur can
occur can be digitized to a digital signal without being limited by the
upper limit gradation, reducing the white blur of the image to improve
the quality of the image.