Abstract: A television-integrated video cassette recorder apparatus comprising a high definition television for receiving a high definition television signal from a broadcasting station, a digital video cassette recorder for recording and playing back the high definition television signal or a standard television signal on/from a magnetic tape, and an interface circuit for converting a format of the high definition television signal into a recording format of the digital video cassette recorder in a recording mode, converting a format of a playback signal from the digital video cassette recorder into a high definition television format or a standard television format in a playback mode and performing a plurality of screen processing functions in a standard television manner. According to the present invention, a compatibility is provided between a standard TV system and a HDTV system.

Abstract: A video data recording apparatus for a digital VCR comprising a frame controller for detecting a vertical synchronous signal from input video data and outputting a frame detect signal and a first switching signal in response to the detected vertical synchronous signal, a switching counter for generating a second switching signal in response to the frame detect signal from the frame controller to control a switching operation of a track distributed switch, a buffer for dividing the input video data distributed by the track distribution switch in the unit of segment and storing the video data of the divided segments, a segment shifting counter for generating a third switching signal in response to the first switching signal from the frame controller, a shifting switching circuit for selectively transferring the video data from the buffer in response to the third switching signal from the segment shifting counter, a signal select switching circuit for selectively transferring the video data from the shifting swi

Abstract: A video compression/expansion apparatus for a digital VCR, having an analog/digital converter, a memory, a video compression/expansion device, a compressed data memory, a modem, an error corrector, a deformatter, a first buffer, a second buffer and a digital/analog converter sequentially connected and electrically coupled to one another.