Patent ID: 7181128
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A program recording apparatus comprising: a program information input unit inputting program information concerning programs; a program recording setting unit setting of the recording of programs; a recording unit writing and erasing data containing contents of said programs on a recording medium; and a management unit storing program information inputted from said program information input unit and recording said programs by said recording unit according to said setting for recording and independent of said setting for recording, wherein said program recording setting unit can carry out a comprehensive setting for recording which makes a plurality of pairs of recording/erasing operations; and in the case that a recording of a program which belongs to a program group comprising programs which have been comprehensively set for recording is carried out, said recording unit may carry out the recording by erasing programs which have, already, been recorded before the recording is carried out and which belong to said program group.