Patent ID: 6266477
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data signal recording and/or playback system for selectively recording and/or playing back digital and/or analog data signals on/from a recording medium, said recording medium being at least a first or a second type, said system comprising:first receiving means for receiving a digital signal and producing said digital data signal;digital recording means responsive to said digital data signal for performing a preselected process thereon and recording the resulting signal on said recording medium;decoder means for decoding said digital data signal and producing a first analog data signal;second receiving means for receiving an analog signal and producing an analog output signal;analog recording means responsive to said analog output signal for performing a preselected process to form a second analog data signal and recording said second analog data signal on said recording medium; anddiscriminator means operatively associated with said recording medium for identifying whether said recording medium is said first or said second type, whereby if said recording medium is said first type, one of the group consisting of said digital data signal, said first analog data signal and said second analog data signal is recorded thereon, and if said recording medium is said second type, one of the group consisting of said first analog data signal and said second analog data signal is recorded thereon.