Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gyu-Yeong Son

Jin-Hwi Kim

Jong-gyu Lee

A reserved program record setting method and apparatus for a program preview of a broadcasting program to be recorded and used with a video cassette recorder (VCR) and a television set. The method includes a first step of judging whether a program preview of a broadcasting program to be reserved and recorded is being broadcast, a second step of storing a program reserving code of the broadcasting program when the program preview is currently being broadcast in the reserved program recording mode, and a third step of completing a reserved program recording operation by turning off the VCR, thereby quickly reserving a record for a predetermined program by once pressing a program preview storing key while the program preview of the broadcasting program to be recorded is being broadcast.

Reserved program record setting method and apparatus for a program preview

A method for low-speed reproducing in a video cassette recorder (VCR) having a pair of main heads for normal-speed reproducing and at least a pair of additional heads neighboring said main heads is disclosed. A period which is regularly repeated from an envelope waveform of a video signal reproduced by said main heads is detected. The voltage level of the detected envelope waveform is then compared with a voltage level of the envelope waveform detected by the additional heads by generating a pseudo head switching pulse for switching the operation state of said main heads and additional heads according to the detected period. And, a reproduced signal from one of the said main and additional heads which has the envelope waveform having a high voltage level detected, thereby reproducing a high quality continuous time varying image without a noise.

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Suwon, South Korea

Gyu-Yeong Son