To provide a video apparatus capable of easily confirming presence/absence of an update program for various kinds of software loaded in the video apparatus and also easily confirming whether various kinds of software have been completely updated or not, before executing broadcast downloading in normal use.

A control section 11 collates version information of an update program stored in a temporary storage section 14 with version information of firmware of a liquid crystal television 100 stored in a storage section 15 and a color or the like of menu display or channel display on a video display section 17 is changed, based on display setting set to an environment setting section 16, between cases where the version information of the update program is matched and not matched with the version information of the firmware of the liquid crystal television 100, as a result of collation.