Abstract: A contour correcting device which includes a plurality of delay elements which delay an input video signal, a pixel-selection-control-signal generation circuit, a pixel selection circuit which selects outputs of the plurality of delay elements in response to outputs of the pixel-selection-control-signal generation circuit, a high-pass filter operation circuit and an adder circuit which adds an operation result of the high-pass filter operation circuit to the input video signal. When the pixel selection circuit extracts a contour component in a boundary portion between a horizontal video effective period and a period other than the horizontal video effective period of the input video signal, the pixel selection circuit replaces pixel data in the period other than the horizontal video effective period among pixel data input to the high-pass filter operation circuit, with pixel data at an edge-point of the horizontal video effective period.