Patent ID: 6798979
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for recording video signals and audio signals on a recording medium and for reproducing video signals and audio signals from the recording medium, said apparatus comprising:a first tuner which receives a bit-compressed digital video signal transmitted by broadcasting; a second tuner which receives an analog video signal transmitted by broadcasting; a recorder which records the bit-compressed digital video signal of the first tuner on the recording medium; a reproducer which reproduces the digital video signal from the recording medium; a decoder which decodes the digital video signal of the reproducer and converts the decoded signal to another analog video signal; a switching circuit which selects one of the another analog video signal of the decoder and the analog video signal of the second tuner as the selected analog video signal; an on-screen display circuit; and a video output terminal which outputs the selected analog video signal from the switching circuit through the on-screen display circuit.