Patent ID: 7450820

Claim:
A video signal recording/playback apparatus comprising: a recorder for recording a video signal in a recording medium; a player for playing back said video signal at a playback position in said recording medium while said recorder records a recording position of said video signal in said recording medium; a controller for calculating a time difference between said recording position and said playback position; and an on-screen display (OSD) generator for generating and displaying a time value corresponding to said time difference with said played video signal, and displaying the time value in all of: a) a first time format displaying said time value in a unit of seconds exclusive of displaying said time value in a unit of minutes and a unit of hours, b) a second time format displaying said time value in the unit of minutes exclusive of displaying said time value in the unit of seconds and the unit of hours, and c) a third time format displaying said time value in the unit of hours exclusive of displaying said time value in the unit of seconds and the unit of minutes, wherein the OSD generator: i) displays the time value in the first time format if said time difference is less than one minute, ii) displays the time value in the second time format if said time difference is less than 60 minutes and not less than 60 seconds, and iii) displays the time value in the third time format if said time difference being not less than 60 minutes.