This MA thesis gives an overview of all professional, analogue and digital systems for the recording and reproduction of television signals based on a tape as the magnetic medium. Analogue systems described in chapter two (2) gets to the heart of the problems and errors that occurred during the recording on the magnetic medium. The chapter also describes important requirements that need to be met when this system is used in televison production. Chapter three (3) describes the digitalisation of the system as a solution to the problem, including the DVTR (digital video tape recorder) parameters of quality such as: distribution of picture materials, segmentation of recording traces, detection and correction of errors and channel coding. All professional systems of DVTR that perform without compression are covered in this chapter. Chapter four (4) covers the compression of video signals and their application to the professional DVTRs. Chapter five (5) covers all DVTR formats that perform recording using any type of compression. Chapter six (6) covers general measurement systems for the production and recording of television signals. Comparisons of all digital VTR formats were made on the basis of the assessment of the magnetic recording quality and the usage in specific parts of the television production. Since the Croatian Television faces digitalsation of all its equipment, the final chapter covers the possibility for selection of digital recording and reproduction systems.