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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Toshihiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Marumori, Yokohama, JP;
Takaki Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Marumori, Yokohama, JP;
Takaki Matsushita, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A record/reproduction apparatus capable of performing record-reproduction with high definition and standard definition appropriately records information, and includes: at least one of a display unit and an output unit to an external display device; a hard disk drive; and a disc drive corresponding to record-reproduction using a disc for record-reproduction in a high definition mode and a disc for record-reproduction in a standard definition mode. With the configuration, the record/reproduction apparatus performs a display on the display unit in the high definition mode or a display-output to the output unit in the high definition mode at activation, recognizes one of the hard disk drive and the disc drive as a record medium after the display-outputting, and sets a record mode to one of the hard disk drive and the disc drive based on a result of the recognition.