Patent ID: 8041191

Claim:
A playback apparatus comprising: playback unit adapted to play back image signals recorded in a plurality of different recording formats from a recording medium; recording review execution unit adapted to control, in response to issuance of a recording review instruction for an image signal recorded on the recording medium, said playback unit to rewind the recording medium from a position upon issuance of the recording review instruction by a predetermined amount and to play back the image signal from the recording medium for a period based on the predetermined amount from the rewound position; and detection unit adapted to detect a change in recording format of the image signal played back by said playback unit in accordance with the recording review instruction, wherein when said detection unit detects the change in recording format of the image signal, said recording review execution unit controls said playback unit to execute a playback operation of the image signal for a longer period than the period based on the predetermined amount.