Video signal reproducing apparatus having a noise reduction circuit

A video signal recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

• a correcting circuit having a predetermined frequency characteristic and supplied with a recording video signal which is to be recorded, said recording video signal having field correction;
• recording means for subjecting an output signal of said correcting circuit to a predetermined signal processing and for recording the processed signal on a recording medium;
• reproducing means for reproducing from said recording medium the video signal which is recorded on said recording medium by said recording means, an output reproduced video signal of said reproducing means having a predetermined band;
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• a noise reduction circuit supplied with the reproduced video signal from said reproducing means for essentially reducing noise included within the reproduced video signal, said noise reduction circuit having a specific frequency characteristic,
• said noise reduction circuit comprising first and second subtracting circuits supplied with the reproduced video signal from said reproducing means, a one-field delay circuit for delaying an output of said first subtracting circuit by a predetermined time period and for supplying a delayed signal to said second subtracting circuit, said predetermined time period being equal to one field or a time period which is a natural number multiple of one horizontal scanning period and is extremely close to one field, and a limiter for amplitude-limiting an output of said second subtracting circuit and for supplying an amplitude limited signal to said first subtracting circuit,
• said output of said first subtracting circuit being obtained as an output of said noise reduction circuit,
• said one-field delay circuit having a transmission band which is narrower than a band of said reproduced video signal,
• said predetermined frequency characteristic of said correcting circuit being approximately complementary to said specific frequency characteristic of said noise reduction circuit.