To provide a display device and a television receiver capable of automatically switching a normal mode to a proper virtual sound mode with respect to video and audio content.

An input section 13 extracts a voice signal constituted of a video signal and one or more voice channels from a video and audio signal. A voice decoder section 161 extracts the number of voice channels from the voice signal extracted by the input section 13. A processing section 162c executes processing related to a virtual surround in which virtual voice output devices are arranged at positions corresponding to the number of voice channels extracted by the voice decoder section 161 to the voice signal extracted by the input section 13.