Recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a carrier chrominance signal with pre-emphasis and de-emphasis

A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording a carrier chrominance signal, said apparatus comprising:

• separating means for separating a carrier chrominance signal from a color video signal;
• recording carrier chrominance signal processing means for frequency-converting the carrier chrominance signal into a low frequency band so as to produce a frequency converted carrier chrominance signal;
• recording means for recording an output frequency converted carrier chrominance signal of said recording carrier chrominance signal processing means on a recording medium;
• reproducing means for reproducing the recorded signal from said recording medium;
• de-emphasis circuit means responsive to a reproduced frequency converted carrier chrominance signal from said reproducing means, for subjecting the reproduced frequency converted carrier chrominance signal to a de-emphasis so that a high-frequency component in a vertical spatial frequency of the reproduced frequency converted carrier chrominance signal is relatively attenuated compared to a low-frequency component of the reproduced frequency converted carrier chrominance signal;
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• reproduced carrier chrominance signal processing means for frequency-converting an output reproduced frequency converted carrier chrominahce signal of said de-emphasis circuit means into an original frequency band so as to produce a reproduced carrier chrominance signal.