Patent ID: 6763174
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing apparatus to record and reproduce a signal to and from a recording medium, comprising:a receiving circuit to receive a digital broadcasting signal and to convert the digital broadcasting signal into a record-formed signal; a recording and reproducing circuit to record and reproduce the record-formed signal supplied from the receiving circuit, to and from the recording medium; and a decoding and output circuit to decode the digital broadcasting signal which is received by the receiving circuit or the record-formed signal which is reproduced by the recording and reproducing circuit, and to output the decoded signal to a display unit: wherein the decoding and output circuit outputs both the operation states of the receiving circuit and the recording and reproducing circuit to be supplied to the display unit, such that the operation states are displayed with images formed substantially identical in format to one another on the display unit.