Hitachi, Ltd.

Katsuhiko Abe

Yoshiyuki Azuma

Shoji Ohno

Hiroto Yamauchi

Motoyoshi Sasaki

Hisashi Ohta

Mayumi Ueyama

Hideo Nishijima

Hitoaki Owashi

Yuichi Yagawa

Hiromi Ukai

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus having a capability of allowing contents of records on a magnetic tape to be discriminatively identified and a capability for displaying closed caption includes a tape map memory for storing contents recorded on a tape and a tape map controller. As a manual input facility, a tape map button, a caption button, a play-back button, a stop button and others are provided. Upon loading of a tape undergone recording(s), the tape map button is pushed to display on a monitor screen tape map information concerning the contents of program(s) recorded on the loaded tape, temporal duration(s) of the program(s), and history of play-back of the tape.

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for searching programs recorded on magnetic tape

A TV program selection support system selects only programs suiting viewer's preference or necessary for a viewer from a large number of programs to be broadcast and proposes the selected programs to the viewer. The TV program selection support system comprises a program receiver for receiving broadcast TV programs, an EPG receiver for receiving an electronic program table listing TV programs, an EPG storage device for storing an EPG received by the EPG receiver, an operating means to be operated by the viewer to select a program from the stored electronic program table, a program selection support program for determining viewer's view tendency by analyzing the operation made by the viewer, creating an electronic program table on the basis of the view tendency and displaying the created electronic program table.

TV program selection support system

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for search programs recorded on

magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for searching programs recorded

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Katsuhiko Abe