Patent ID: 8139921

Claim:
A program recording reservation system, comprising: a recording apparatus including a recorder configured to record a broadcast program; a remote controller configured to make a recording reservation for the recording apparatus; a content management section included in the recording apparatus or the remote controller and configured to manage, as recording parameters, an average recording bit rate for each of a plurality of recording modes and a remaining recordable capacity of the recorder; and a processor included in the recording apparatus or the remote controller and configured to obtain a date and time at which a plurality of broadcast programs are scheduled to be broadcast and broadcast durations thereof as program information, to compute, for each of the plurality of recording modes, a recording capacity for recording a program shown by the program information on a basis of the average recording bit rate of the corresponding recording mode and the broadcast duration, to determine a capability or an incapability of recording each of the broadcast programs in the program information on a basis of the recording capacities, a capability being determined when at least one recording capacity for recording the respective broadcast program is less than the remaining recordable capacity, to determine, for each of the broadcast programs and when the capability of recording of the respective broadcast program is determined, a recording mode having a highest quality among the plurality of recording modes on a basis of the recording capacities for recording the respective broadcast program, and to execute a processing for displaying the determined capability or incapability of recording for each broadcast program in a program table having the program information and for displaying, when the capability of recording of the respective broadcast program is determined, the recording mode having the highest quality for each broadcast program having the capability of recording.