A digital VTR is provided with a block segmenting circuit for converting an input digital picture signal into data segmented into blocks of picture elements, an encoding circuit for compressing and encoding the output data of the block segmenting circuit block-by-block, a channel encoding circuit for...http://www.google.es/patents/US5416651?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US5416651 - Apparatus for magnetically recording digital data