Patent ID: 7933486

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiver for receiving and decoding a digital broadcast containing video data and audio data which are transmitted in the form of a transport stream, said receiver comprising: interface means for supporting communication with a recording apparatus; a judging unit for determining information corresponding to a transmission rate of a received transport stream of a received digital broadcast; and a recording rate setting command generating unit for generating a recording rate setting command on the basis of the information corresponding to the transmission rate and for transmitting the recording rate setting command to the recording apparatus through said interface means when a connection between the recording apparatus and said interface means is initiated, when a request command is received from the recording apparatus, or periodically after predetermined intervals, when the transmission rate corresponds to a standard definition rate the recording rate setting command indicates that a recording rate should be set greater than or equal to a first specified value, and when the transmission rate corresponds to a high definition rate the recording rate setting command indicates that the recording rate should be set greater than or equal to a second specified value, the recording rate setting command not being a mode command or a single rate command.