Video cassette recorder

A video cassette recorder for performing a special replay of a signal recorded in a mode providing quintuple the recording time of a standard recording mode, said video cassette recorder comprising:

• a delay unit for delaying a reproduced signal by any of 0.4H, 0.8H, 1.2H, 1.6H, and 2H;
• a skew detection unit;
• and
• a switching unit for selecting any of said reproduced signal and an output of said delay unit in response to any of a signal detected by said skew detection unit and a magnetic head switching signal.

A video cassette recorder for reproducing a still image of a signal recorded in a mode providing quintuple the recording time of a standard recording mode, said video cassette recorder comprising:

• a pair of magnetic heads for recording and reproduction having a width wider than a pitch of recorded tracks;
• a delay unit for delaying by 0.2H a signal reproduced by one of said pair of magnetic heads for recording and reproduction;
• and
• a switching unit for selecting any of a signal reproduced by the other of said pair of magnetic heads and an output signal of said delay unit in response to a head switching signal.