Abstract: A method for magnetic recording and reproduction comprising the steps of: (1) magnetically multiple-recording signals on a magnetic recording medium comprising a support having thereon an upper magnetic recording layer comprising barium ferrite having an increased coercive force at 60.degree. C. or more and a lower magnetic recording layer comprising at least one of chromium dioxide and Co-modified iron oxide, having a decreased coercive force at 60.degree. C. or more, disposed between said upper magnetic recording layer and said support; (2) heating said magnetic recording layers prior to reproduction due to a reproducing head; and (3) reproducing said magnetically recorded signal from said heated magnetic recording medium which is multiple-recorded.

Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal recording system, in which the input video signal is rid of unneeded portions, transformed on the time axis and divided into n channels so that they are recorded in a bandwidth narrower than 1/n of original one. The system also enhances the latitude in choosing a clock frequency for time-axis conversion and a track width, thereby optimizing the picture quality and recording time length on a trade-off basis.