Patent ID: 6847776

Claim:
A signal record/playback apparatus for performing a record processing of recording a signal in a recording medium and a playback processing of playing back the recorded signal from said recording medium, comprising: a buffer memory including a first area for storing a signal to be recorded on said recording medium and a second area for storing a signal reproduced from said recording medium, said apparatus being operable to change the location of said first area and said second area; record starting position storing means for storing record starting position information on a start position of said record processing on said recording medium; and playback starting position storing means for storing playback starting position information on a start position of said playback processing on said recording medium; wherein said record processing based on said record starting position information and said playback processing based on said playback starting position information are independently carried out; whereby said signal recorded on said recording medium is a video signal and a moving picture corresponding to at least one record starting position is displayed superimposed on a played signal played back from said recording medium during said playback processing.