There is provided a method and an apparatus for recording and reproducing a video signal by setting and recording a viewing rating of an image in a method and apparatus for recording and reproducing a video signal and reproducing only when a predetermined condition according to a viewing rating is satisfied by a user will be. The present invention encodes a viewing grade set by a user and synthesizes the same with a video signal, and determines a viewing rating of the video signal when reproducing the same, receives a password from the user, determines a user rating, And only in the case of the same rating. Therefore, the present invention can record the viewing rating of an image to be recorded at the time of recording an image signal on a video medium, and provide an effect that the user rating can be reproduced only when the user rating is higher than or equal to the viewing rating of the viewing medium .
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