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Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus for digital video cassette tape recorder

US6014492A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 1997
Grant dateJan 11, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/4673
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video signal recording and reproducing apparatus for a digital video cassette tape recorder by which it is possible to judge the transmission amount of the digital data inputted from a digital source, the type of the video tape, and whether or not the tape is recorded in accordance with the judgment result, for thus automatically controlling a recording mode and a reproducing mode, which includes a tape type detector for judging a tape type in accordance with a recordable wavelength of the video tape on which a digital signal is recorded; a data rate detector for detecting and judging a data transfer rate of a digital signal, and a controller for varying a recording or reproducing speed in accordance with the judged tape type and the data transfer rate of the digital signal.

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