Patent ID: 7206498

Claim:
A video recording device for receiving and recording on a recording medium television broadcast signals having superposed thereon for each program broadcasting time information representing broadcasting time of a program and broadcasting time lapse information representing lapse of time from start of the program broadcasted, and for changing recordable time on the recording medium by changing over recording operation of recording mechanism, the device being characterized in that the device comprising: means for receiving the television broadcast signals, information separating means for repeatedly separating the broadcasting time information and the broadcasting time lapse information from the television broadcast signal received, first time calculating means for repeatedly calculating broadcast remaining time remained from the current point until broadcast of the program being recorded is terminated based on the broadcasting time information and the broadcasting time lapse information which are separated during recording, second time calculating means for calculating the recordable time at the time when the broadcast remaining time is calculated according to the first time calculating means, and recording operation change-over means for changing over the recording operation of the recording mechanism during recording to operation, wherein the recordable time is in match with the broadcast remaining time or to operation wherein the recordable time becomes longer than the broadcast remaining time based on the broadcast remaining time calculated according to the first time calculating means and the recordable time calculated according to the second time calculating means.