Recording head arrangement for video signal recording and/or reproducing device

A recording head arrangement employed in a video signal recording and/or reproducing device in which a video tape is helically wound on a drum carrying recording heads for recording and/or reproducing a video signal which is so divided for representing first and second half images on a screen, said recording head arrangement comprising:

• a first head mounted on said drum, said first head having an azimuth angle inclined in a first direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to a head advancing direction;
• a second head mounted on said drum closely adjacent said first head, said second head having an azimuth angle inclined in said first direction;
• a third head mounted on said drum 180 degrees spaced from said first head, said third head having an azimuth angle inclined in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, with respect to the direction perpendicular to the head advancing direction;
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• a fourth head mounted on said drum closely adjacent said third head and 180 degrees spaced from said second head, said fourth head having an azimuth angle inclined in said second direction;
• whereby said first and second heads are scanned to form first and second tracks spaced by approximately one track width for recording and/or reproducing said first half image, and said third and fourth heads are scanned to form third and fourth tracks spaced by approximately one track width and in an interlaced manner with said first and second tracks for recording and/or reproducing said second half image;
• said first, second, and fourth heads having a width, along a direction perpendicular to the head advancing direction, which is larger than a width of said third head;
• said recording head arrangement further comprising means for scanning said third head such that said third track partially overlaps said first track, thereby rendering the track pitches of said first and third tracks substantially equal to one another.