Apparatus for recording a frequency modulated video signal with selective emphasis of its low frequency components

An apparatus for recording on a record medium a video signal which includes luminance and chrominance signal components, and which may have a relatively wide frequency band or a relatively narrow frequency band, said apparatus comprising:

• means for separating said luminance and chrominance signal components form a video signal;
• frequency modulating means receiving the separated luminance signal component and providing a frequency-modulated luminance signal;
• emphasizer means receiving said frequency-modulated luminance signal and emphasizing low frequency components thereof to provide an emphasized frequency-modulated luminance signal;
• selecting means for selecting, as a luminance signal to be recorded, said frequency-modulated luminance signal from said frequency-modulated means when said video signal has said relatively wide frequency band, or said emphasized frequency-modulated luminance signal from said emphasizer means when said video signal has said relatively narrow frequency band;
• and recording means for recording on said record medium said luminance signal which is selected to be recorded.