There are provided a display apparatus and a display method, with which
compressed image data that is to be decompressed can be transmitted to
the display apparatus in an environment in which a transmission capacity
is not always secured, and good image display is realized. An example of
the display apparatus is an active matrix display apparatus formed by
using thin-film transistors formed on an insulating substrate. In the
active matrix display apparatus, a circuit that receives an image data
signal from an external system via a non-contact transmission path and
amplifies the image data signal, a circuit that processes the image data
signal, and a memory circuit that stores the processed image data are
integrated on the insulating substrate.