Video recorder having playback-signal processing means adaptable to different playback qualities of video recordings

A video recorder for reproducing video recordings recorded on magnetic tapes, said recordings being available with different playback qualities, said video recorder comprising:

• reproduction means for scanning a magnetic tape and for supplying a playback signal representing a video recording;
• playback-signal processing means for processing the playback signal, said playback-signal processing means including at least one controllable signal-influencing stage for controllably influencing at least one component of the playback signal;
• entry means cooperating with the video recorder for entering characteristic information characterizing different playback qualities of video recordings;
• and
• control means arranged to receive the characteristic information, said control means generating control information corresponding to the characteristic information, wherein the at least one controllable signal-influencing stage controllably influences said at least one component of the playback signal in dependence upon the control information generated by the control means,
• wherein:
• the playback-signal processing means comprises a plurality of controllable signal-influencing stages for each controllably influencing at least one component of the playback signal, said plurality of controllable signal-influencing stages including an FM equalizer stage a vertical noise-cancellation stage, a first horizontal noise-cancellation stage, a second horizontal noise-cancellation stage, and a picture-sharpness control stage, and being combined in an integrated device,
• the video recorder further comprises input means for receiving the control information generated by the control means and for deriving stage control information corresponding to the control information, said stage control information being applied to the plurality of controllable signal-influencing stages via a bus line connecting the integrated device to the control means, said bus line forming a part of said input means, how each of the plurality of controllable signal-influencing stages influences the at least one component of the playback signal, and
• the entry means enters first characteristic information characterizing the playback quality of a video recording being played for the first time or having been played only a few times, second characteristic information characterizing the playback quality of a video recording having already been played many times, third characteristic information representing the playback quality of a video recording of an animation film, and at least one further characteristic information.