Patent ID: 8660411

Claim:
A display device comprising: a displaying portion that displays an input video; a display control portion that controls display of the displaying portion; a broadcast signal receiving portion that receives a broadcast signal; a recording portion that records the broadcast signal received by the broadcast signal receiving portion; a recording control portion that controls recording of the broadcast signal into the recording portion; an operation input portion that accepts an operation input by a user; a program information recording portion that records program information of the broadcast signal when recording of the broadcast signal is started in accordance with an operation input to the operation input portion; and a high-frequency program information recording portion that records highly frequently recorded program information, wherein when the recording of the broadcast signal is started, the recording control portion compares program information of the broadcast signal starting to be recorded with program information recorded in the program information recording portion, and records the program information of the broadcast signal starting to be recorded in the high-frequency program information recording portion when it is determined that the pieces of the program information are matched in accordance with a predetermined condition, wherein when a selected program displayed on the display device is changed in accordance with an operation input to the operation input portion, the display control portion compares program information of a program after selection with program information recorded in the high-frequency program information recording portion, and displays on the displaying portion a display screen indicating that the program after the selection is a highly frequently recorded program when it is determined that the pieces of the program information are matched in accordance with a predetermined condition.