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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2004
Hiroya Abe, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Torii, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kouji Kaniwa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Watanabe, Mito, JP;
Toshio Nakamoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroya Abe, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Torii, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kouji Kaniwa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Watanabe, Mito, JP;
Toshio Nakamoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording/reproducing video and audio signals on/from a recording medium includes a first and second tuner which receive a video signal of a first and second format transmitted by broadcasting, respectively; a recorder which records the video signal of the first format from the first tuner on the recording medium; a reproducer which reproduces the video signal of the first format from the recording medium; and a decoder which decodes the video signal of first format from the reproducer and converts the decoded signal to another video signal of the second format. A switching circuit is provided which selects one of the another video signal of the second format and the video signal of the second format as a selected video signal, and a video output terminal outputs the selected video signal through an on-screen display unit.