Video tape recorder

A video tape recorder comprising:

• a head group A which corresponds to a standard recording mode and a twofold or threefold recording mode enabling recording for a period two or three times that of the standard recording mode and includes not less than one head pair used mainly for recording, playback and special playback of video signals;
• a head pair B which is mainly used for recording and playback of audio signals;
• and
• a head pair C which is used for playback of the video signals in a long-time recording mode not less than five times the standard recording mode;
• wherein a head width Twb of the head pair B and a track pitch Px of the long-time recording mode have a relation of (Twb≦2xPx);
• wherein the head group A includes a head pair D used for recording in the long-time recording mode and a head width Twd of the head pair D has a relation of (Twd≧Twb);
• wherein the head pair C is disposed such that during playback in the long-time recording mode, in case a center of a head width of the head pair C traces a center of a video track having the video signals recorded by the head group A, the head pair B wholly traces a sound track having one azimuth and having the audio signals recorded by the head pair B and additionally traces an adjoining sound track of the sound track so as not to trace, in the adjoining sound track, a portion in which the video signals have been recorded only once by the head group A after recording of the audio signals, with the adjoining sound track having an azimuth opposite to that of the sound track.

A video tape recorder comprising:

• a head group A which corresponds to a standard recording mode and a twofold or threefold recording mode enabling recording for a period two or three times that of the standard recording mode and includes not less than one head pair used mainly for recording, playback and special playback of video signals;
• a head pair B which is mainly used for recording and playback of audio signals;
• and
• a head pair C which is used for playback of the video signals in a long-time recording mode not less than five times the standard recording mode;
• wherein a head width Twb of the head pair B and a track pitch Px of the long-time recording mode have a relation of (Twb≦2xPx);
• wherein the head pair C is disposed such that during playback in the long-time recording mode, in case a center of a head width of the head pair C traces a center of a video track having the video signals recorded by the head group A, the head pair B wholly traces a sound track having one azimuth and having the audio signals recorded by the head pair B and additionally traces an adjoining sound track of the sound track so as not to simultaneously trace, in the adjoining sound track, two portions in which the video signals have been recorded only once by the head group A after recording of the audio signals, with the adjoining sound track having an azimuth opposite to that of the sound track.