Audio/Video Content Reproducing Apparatus

An audio/video content reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of connecting sections to be connected to respective source devices, each device including a content storing section for storing therein at least a part of plural types of contents whose watching/listening modes are different from each other,
• a watching/listening mode table for storing the watching/listening modes of the contents stored in the respective source devices;
• a watching/listening mode selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the watching/listening mode;
• a source device extracting section that is configured to extract at least one source device that stores the contents in the selected watching/listening mode, with reference to the watching/listening mode table;
• a source device selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the source device out of the at least one extracted source device;
• and
• a content reproducing section that is configured to output the content stored in the selected source device in the selected watching/listening mode.

An audio/video content reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of connecting sections to be connected to respective source devices, each device including a content reproducing section for reproducing at least a part of plural types of contents whose watching/listening modes are different from each other,
• a watching/listening mode selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the watching/listening mode;
• a content extracting section that is configured to extract only the contents in the selected watching/listening mode out of the contents that the source devices can reproduce;
• a content selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the content out of the extracted contents;
• and
• a content reproducing section that is configured to output the selected content in the selected watching/listening mode.

An audio/video content reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of connecting sections to be connected to respective source devices, each device including a content storing section for storing therein at least a part of plural types of contents whose watching/listening modes are different from each other,
• a watching/listening mode selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the watching/listening mode;
• a content extracting section that is configured to extract only the contents in the selected watching/listening mode out of the contents stored in the source devices;
• a content selecting section that is configured to accept the user's choice of the content out of the extracted contents;
• and
• a content reproducing section that is configured to output the selected content in the selected watching/listening mode.