Patent ID: 7424038

Claim:
A method for storing a broadcast signal in a digital receiver including a storage medium, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a broadcast signal of a transport stream (TS) type; selecting one of a TS, program stream (PS) and packetized elementary stream (PES) type as a storing type in order to store the broadcast signal in the storage medium; if the selected storing type is the PES type transcoding the broadcast signal of the TS type into a the broadcast signal of the PES type by demultiplexing and storing the transcoded broadcast signal of the PES type in the storage medium; if the selected storing type is the PS type, transcoding the broadcast signal of the TS type into the broadcast signal of the PES type by demultiplexing, transcoding the transcoded broadcast signal of the PES type into the broadcast signal of the PS type by multiplexing and storing the transcoded broadcast signal of the PS type in the storage medium: and if the selected storing type is the TS type, storing the broadcast signal of the TS type as it is in the storage medium.