Abstract: The present invention includes a delay line for memorizing the chrominance composite signal for one horizontal time period of a phase alternating input signal and a switch alternatingly applying a first phase composite signal for one line and then the delayed first phase composite signal (from the output of the delay line) at its output based upon the application of the control signal. In one embodiment, the control signal is obtained by detecting the phase of the phase alternating signal, and more specifically by detecting the phase of the color burst. This is accomplished by first isolating the color burst signal by a switch triggered by the burst gate pulse, then passing the color burst to a phase discriminator to determine whether the phase alternating composite signal for a give line is in phase or out-of-phase with a reference signal. The output of the phase discriminator is applied to the set input of a flip-flop.

Abstract: A video magazine for use with a video cassette recorder apparatus comprises the combination of a video cassette having a series of indexable video programs, and a printed program which includes a series of program guides corresponding to each program in the series of indexable video programs on the video cassette. By referring to the printed program, the user may readily index the video cassette in the video recording apparatus to the desired program. The video cassette and the printed program are shipped and stored in an integral package formed of a generally rectangular sleeve for accommodating the printed program, and a second sleeve bonded to the first sleeve and of a size adapted to accommodate the video cassette. The resulting point-of-purchase package provides the consumer with an indication of the variety of programming available in the video magazine, and is of a configuration to inhibit shoplifting.