An image signal recording device in which one frame is divided into an upper half frame and a lower half frame by a straight line parallel to horizontal scanning lines forming the frame. In the upper half frame, image signals of a first field are recorded in horizontal scanning lines from 22H through 262H, and image signals of a second field are recorded in horizontal scanning lines from a mid portion of 284H through 525H. In the lower half frame, image signals of the first field are recorded in horizontal scanning lines from 22H through a mid portion of 263H, and image signals of the second field are recorded in horizontal scanning lines from 285H through 525H.