JP2008294947A - Video recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video recording apparatus which is improved in user's operability and usability by recording a television program B2 as one title containing only it through easy operation. <P>SOLUTION: When a video recording key is pressed twice, an optical disk device 1 decides whether media have the remaining capacity for storing the television program B2. Only when the remaining capacity of the media is large enough, the optical disk device 1 records a television program B1 in the media up to its broadcasting end time based upon EPG and then records the television program B2 broadcast right after the television program B1 on an optical disk 100 from the broadcasting start time to the broadcasting end time based upon EPG. Consequently, a title R1 containing only the TV program B1 and a title R2 containing only the TV program B2 are recorded on the optical disk 100 (refer to figure 3(2)). Thus, when a user desires to record only the television program B2, the user only presses the video recording key twice. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that receives a television program by terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, cable broadcasting or the like and records it on a medium such as an HD (hard disk) or a DVD (digital versatile disk).

In recent years, recording apparatuses that record television programs transmitted from broadcast stations on media have become widespread. The medium is, for example, an optical disk such as a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or a DVD.
The conventional recording apparatus is also provided with an operation unit having a recording key for accepting the recording of the television program of the selected channel and a stop key for accepting the stop of the recording.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents recorded on a medium when a television program is recorded on the medium by a conventional recording apparatus. (0) in FIG. 4 shows the television programs B1 to B3 broadcast on the selected channel in time series. This channel is the channel selected by the user at time t. The time t is a time (for example, pm7: 55) just before the end of the TV program B1 and before the start of the TV program B2.

If the user wants to record the television program B2 at time t, the user presses the recording key at time t. Then, the recording apparatus starts recording at the timing when the recording key is pressed. Then, after the television program B2 is finished, the user presses the stop key. Then, the recording device ends the recording when the stop key is pressed.
In this way, the user has recorded the television program B2 in the conventional recording device (see (1) in FIG. 4).
On the other hand, in Patent Document 1, a broadcast program recording apparatus is proposed.
JP 2005-86468 A

However, if the user wants to record the television program B2, he / she must watch the television program B2 and wait for the television program B2 to end before pressing the stop key. Therefore, in the conventional recording apparatus, it takes much time to record the television program B2.
In addition, since it is impossible to keep an eye on the television program B2, if the user presses the recording key or the stop key at an approximate timing, the conventional recording apparatus records some television programs B1 and B3. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, television programs B1 to B3 are recorded on the medium as one title R0. Therefore, when the title R0 is reproduced in order to view the recorded television program B2, the television programs B1 and B3 that are not desired to be viewed are in the way. For this reason, the conventional recording apparatus has poor user convenience.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a conventional problem, and provides a recording apparatus which records a television program B2 with a single title including the television program B2 by a simple operation, thereby improving user operability and usability. For the purpose.

  The recording apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration in order to solve the above problems.

(1) Receiving a television broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcast station and broadcasting on a selected channel, broadcast start time and broadcast of each television program broadcast on each channel of the television broadcast signal A receiving means for extracting an electronic program guide indicating an end time;
An operation means having a recording key for accepting recording of a television program of the selected channel;
When the recording key is operated, a recording means for recording the first television program currently broadcast on the selected channel on a medium based on the electronic program guide until the broadcast end time;
When the recording key is operated again during the recording, the data amount of the second television program broadcast next to the first television program is estimated from the electronic program guide, and the second television program is Control means for determining whether or not the remaining capacity to store is in the medium;
The control means includes
When the remaining capacity is in the medium, the second television program is reserved for recording, and when the recording of the first television program is finished, the second television program is broadcasted based on the electronic program guide. Instructing the recording means to record on the media from the start time to the broadcast end time,
When the remaining capacity is not in the medium, recording of the second television program is prohibited.

In this configuration, the medium is, for example, a semiconductor memory, a hard disk, or an optical disk.
In this configuration, it is assumed that the user wants to record the second television program while viewing the first television program, and the user presses the recording key at the end of the broadcast of the first television program.
When the recording key is pressed, the recording means starts recording the first television program. Then, when the broadcast end time of the first television program comes, the recording means ends the recording of the first television program based on the electronic program guide. As a result, the media is in a state where the first title including only the final stage of the first television program is recorded.
When the recording key is pressed again, the control means determines whether the remaining capacity for storing the second television program exists in the medium. Then, the control means changes the subsequent processing according to the determination result.
When the remaining capacity exists in the medium, after the recording of the first television program is completed, the recording unit records the second television program on the medium from the broadcast start time to the broadcast end time based on the electronic program guide. . As a result, the media is in a state where a first title including only the first television program and a second title including only the second television program are recorded.
On the other hand, when the remaining capacity does not exist in the medium, the recording means does not record the second television program.
As described above, when the user wants to record the second television program, the user only has to operate the recording key twice. Therefore, it is not necessary to watch the second television program and operate the stop key after waiting for the second television program to end.
Further, since the first television program and the second television program are recorded on the media with different titles, the user can select and reproduce only the second television program. Therefore, the first television program and the third television program that are not desired to be viewed are not disturbed during reproduction.
Furthermore, since it is checked in advance whether or not the remaining capacity for storing the second television program exists on the optical disc 100, it is possible to prevent the recording of the second television program from being terminated in the middle due to insufficient remaining capacity of the media. .
Therefore, user operability and usability can be improved.

(2) When the remaining capacity is in the medium, display means for displaying a first message indicating that a recording reservation for the second television program has been accepted during the recording of the first television program.

  In this configuration, the first message is, for example, “not only the first television program but also the second television program is recorded”. Thereby, the user can grasp that the second television program is also recorded.

(3) The operation means includes a cancel key for accepting cancellation of the recording reservation during the recording of the first television program,
The control means prohibits recording of the second television program when the cancel key is operated.

  In this configuration, even if the recording key is pressed twice by mistake, the user can cancel the recording reservation for the second television program by pressing the cancel key. Therefore, user operability and usability can be further improved.

(4) When the control unit prohibits recording of the second television program, the display unit displays a second message indicating that the recording of the second television program is not performed.

  In this configuration, the second message is, for example, “Recording of the second TV program cannot be performed because there is no remaining capacity for storing the second TV program in the medium.” Or “ The recording reservation has been cancelled. " Thereby, the user can grasp that the recording of the second television program is not performed.

(5) The medium is a hard disk or an optical disk.

  In this configuration, the optical disc is a DVD-R, DVD + R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD-RAM, or Blu-ray disc.

  According to the present invention, user operability and usability can be improved.

  Hereinafter, an optical disc apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of an optical disc apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The optical disc apparatus 1 includes a control unit 4 that controls the operation of each unit of the optical disc apparatus 1, a pickup head 2 (hereinafter referred to as a PU head 2) that records and reads data on the optical disc 100, and an RF amplifier. Recording / reproducing unit 3, operating unit 5 for accepting an input operation by a user, display unit 7 for displaying information, storage unit 6 for storing data, and D / A converter for converting audio data into an analog reproduced audio signal 11, a video processing unit 13 that converts video data into an analog reproduced video signal, an OSD processing unit 12 that generates a composite video in which an OSD (On Screen Display) image is superimposed on video based on the decoded video signal, and A receiving unit 10 that receives a TV broadcast signal and acquires AV (audio / video) data.
The optical disk device 1 is a so-called DVD recorder. The optical disc 100 is a recordable optical disc. The optical disc 100 is, for example, a DVD-R, DVD + R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD-RAM, or Blu-ray disc.

The PU head 2 includes a laser diode (LD), a collimator lens, a beam splitter, an objective lens, a photodetector, a thread motor, and an actuator (all not shown).
The PU head 2 is movably attached to an axis extending in the radial direction of the optical disc 100. The sled motor moves the PU head 2 in the radial direction of the optical disc 100.
The LD is a light source that outputs laser light. The photodetector is formed of a plurality of light receiving elements and detects reflected light from the optical disc 100.

  Here, the PU head 2 and the recording / reproducing unit 3 correspond to the “recording unit” of the present invention. The display unit 7 and the television 101 correspond to the “display unit” of the present invention.

First, the operation in the TV mode (when outputting a TV program to be broadcast) will be described.
The receiving unit 10 is a digital tuner, for example. The receiving unit 10 receives a TV broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcasting station via an antenna (not shown). Further, the receiving unit 10 extracts a TV broadcast signal broadcast on the selected channel from the TV broadcast signal, demodulates it, and extracts digital data. Then, the receiving unit 10 outputs the digital data to the recording / reproducing unit 3. Digital data is a so-called transport stream. The digital data includes MPEG encoded AV data and EPG data.

  The recording / reproducing unit 3 includes a buffer RAM 3A for temporarily storing data. The recording / reproducing unit 3 separates and extracts video data, audio data, and EPG data from the digital data output from the receiving unit 10. Then, the recording / reproducing unit 3 temporarily stores the extracted video and audio data in the buffer RAM 3A and sequentially reads them out. Furthermore, the recording / reproducing unit 3 decodes the read data such as video and audio based on an instruction from the control unit 4. Finally, the recording / reproducing unit 3 outputs the audio data to the D / A converter 11 and the video data to the OSD processing unit 12 while synchronizing both data based on an instruction from the control unit 4.

  The D / A converter 11 converts the expanded audio data into an analog reproduction audio signal, and outputs the reproduction audio signal to the external television 101.

  The OSD processing unit 12 includes an image memory (not shown) that stores OSD data indicating an OSD image. Based on the control signal transmitted from the control unit 4, the OSD processing unit 12 generates a composite video obtained by superimposing an OSD image on a video based on the video data and directly outputting the video data. The operation is switched between the case of outputting the composite video data and the case of outputting the OSD image data of only the OSD image.

  The video processing unit 13 converts the input video data, OSD image data, or synthesized video data into an analog playback video signal and outputs the analog playback video signal to the external television 101.

  A television 101 with a built-in speaker is connected to the D / A converter 11 and the video processing unit 13. On the television 101, the user views video based on the reproduced video signal output from the D / A converter 11 and the video processing unit 13, and audio based on the reproduced audio signal. That is, the user can view a TV program broadcast on the selected channel on the television 101.

  On the other hand, the recording / reproducing unit 3 outputs the separated EPG data to the control unit 4. In the EPG data, attributes of TV programs broadcast on each channel (TV program name, TV program broadcast start time, broadcast end time, etc.) are described. The control unit 4 creates an EPG from the EPG data output from the recording / reproducing unit 3 and records it in the storage unit 6. Here, the EPG data is data constituting an EPG (electronic program guide).

Next, the operation in the recording mode (when recording a television program) will be described.
As described above, the recording / reproducing unit 3 separates and extracts video data, audio data, and EPG data from the digital data output from the receiving unit 10. However, the recording / reproducing unit 3 temporarily stores the separated AV data in the buffer RAM 3 </ b> A based on an instruction from the control unit 4 and sequentially reads the AV data and outputs it to the PU head 2. At the time of reading, the recording / reproducing unit 3 thins out AV data based on the image quality instructed to the control unit 4 and outputs it to the PU head 2.

  When a digital signal is input from the recording / reproducing unit 3, the PU head 2 controls a laser beam having a recording power in accordance with the digital signal and irradiates the recording surface of the optical disc 100. As a result, content such as a TV program is recorded on the optical disc 100.

Finally, the operation in the reproduction mode (when reproducing the optical disc 100) will be described.
The PU head 2 irradiates the optical disc 100 with a laser beam having a reading power, and detects reflected light from the optical disc 100 with a photodetector. Thereby, the information recorded on the optical disc 100 is optically read.

  The recording / reproducing unit 3 includes a buffer RAM 3B for temporarily storing data. The recording / reproducing unit 3 generates an RF signal based on the outputs of the plurality of light receiving elements in the PU head 2 and amplifies the RF signal. Then, the recording / reproducing unit 3 processes the RF signal and extracts data. Here, the extracted video and audio data is encoded by, for example, MPEG. The recording / reproducing unit 3 temporarily stores the extracted video and audio data in the buffer RAM 3B and sequentially reads out the data based on an instruction from the control unit 4. Then, the recording / playback unit 3 decodes the read data such as video and audio. Finally, the recording / reproducing unit 3 outputs the audio data to the D / A converter 11 and the video data to the OSD processing unit 12 while synchronizing both data.

  The D / A converter 11 converts the expanded audio data into an analog reproduced audio signal and outputs the reproduced audio signal to the external television 101, as in the television mode. Also, the video processing unit 13 converts the input video data, OSD image data, or composite video data into an analog playback video signal and outputs it to the external television 101 as in the television mode.

As in the television mode, the user can view the video based on the reproduced video signal and the audio based on the reproduced audio signal on the television 101.
Note that the OSD processing unit 12 performs the same operation as in the television mode also in the recording mode and the playback mode.

The operation unit 5 is used by the user to input various commands (commands) to the optical disc apparatus 1, and is provided with a plurality of keys. A command input by the user to the optical disc apparatus 1 is transmitted from the operation unit 5 to the control unit 4.
Among the plurality of keys, a channel selection key for accepting channel selection, a playback key for instructing playback of content (TV program) recorded on the optical disc 100, and a selected channel are broadcast. A recording key for instructing recording of the TV program on the optical disc 100, an image quality setting key for setting the image quality to be recorded on the optical disc 100, and a cancel key for accepting cancellation of the recording reservation are included (none of these are included). (Illustrated). The user selects a channel with the channel selection key and views a television program (TV program). Further, the user sets the image quality of the recording with the image quality setting key, and instructs the recording with the recording key. Here, the user has high image quality (15 Mbps (Mega bit per second) HQ (High Quality) mode), normal image quality (12 Mbps SP (Standard Play) mode), and low image quality (9 Mbps LP (Long Play) mode). Either one is set in advance.

  The storage unit 6 is composed of, for example, an EEPROM. The storage unit 6 stores a main control program for the optical disc apparatus 1.

  The display unit 7 is configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), for example. The display unit 7 displays the time, the setting state of the optical disc apparatus 1 and the like.

  The control unit 4 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer. Furthermore, the control unit 4 includes a RAM (not shown) as a work field for expanding data processed by the main control program, and a timer circuit (not shown) for measuring the current time. The control unit 4 controls the operation of each unit of the optical disc apparatus 1 in accordance with a command input from the user to the optical disc apparatus 1.

  In an actual optical disc apparatus, tracking servo control for adjusting the laser beam irradiation position to the center of the track of the optical disc at the time of reading or recording, focus servo control for adjusting the focal position of the laser beam to the recording surface of the optical disc, It is carried out. However, illustration is abbreviate | omitted in embodiment of this invention.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed when the recording key is pressed by the control unit of the optical disc apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents recorded on the optical disc 100 when a television program is recorded on the optical disc 100 by the optical disc apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, (0) in FIG. 3 shows the television programs B1 to B3 broadcast on the selected channel in time series. This channel is the channel selected by the user at time t. The time t is a time (for example, pm7: 55) just before the end of the TV program B1 and before the start of the TV program B2. The operation in FIG. 2 assumes a scene in which the user wants to record the TV program B2 while viewing the TV program B1, and the user presses the recording key at time t.

  When the recording key is pressed at time t, the control unit 4 switches from the television mode to the recording mode, controls the PU head 2 and the recording / reproducing unit 3, and is currently broadcasting on the selected channel. Recording of the TV program B1 is started (S1). At this time, the control unit 4 further executes a playback mode and performs chasing playback. That is, the optical disc apparatus 1 records the TV program B1 broadcast on the selected channel on the optical disc 100 and reproduces the TV program B1 recorded on the optical disc 100.

  Then, the control unit 4 refers to the EPG stored in the storage unit 6 (S2). Here, the control unit 4 expands the broadcast end time of the TV program B1, the broadcast start time and the broadcast end time of the TV program B2 described in the EPG on the RAM.

  During recording of the currently broadcast TV program B1 (S4), the control unit 4 determines whether or not the recording key has been operated again (S3). Whether or not the broadcast of the TV program B1 currently being recorded has ended is determined by comparing the broadcast end time of the TV program B1 described in the EPG with the current time in the timer circuit.

When the TV program B1 is broadcast without operating the recording key again, that is, when the recording key is operated only once, the control unit 4 controls the PU head 2 and the recording / reproducing unit 3 to perform recording. Stop (S5). And the control part 4 complete | finishes this process. As a result, the optical disc 100 is in a state where the title R1 including only the final stage of the TV program B1 is recorded (see FIG. 3 (1)).
In this embodiment, the recording is stopped in S5. However, the recording may be continued until the stop key is pressed.

  On the other hand, when the recording key is operated again during recording, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the optical disk 100 has a remaining capacity for storing the television program B2 (S6). This determination is made by estimating the data amount of the television program B2 broadcast next to the television program B1 from the EPG. Here, this estimation method will be described in detail. The control unit 4 checks the broadcast time of the television program B2 from the broadcast start time and broadcast end time of the television program B2 described in the EPG. Further, the control unit 4 calculates the data amount of the television program B2 by multiplying the image quality set by the image quality setting key by the broadcast time. For example, in the case of high-quality video recording of the television program B2, the control unit 4 uses the formula “15 (Mbps) × {75 (minutes) × 60 (seconds / minute)} = data amount (Mega bit) of the television program B2”. Thus, the data amount of the television program B2 is calculated.

When the remaining capacity for storing the television program B2 is in the optical disc 100, the control unit 4 determines whether the broadcast time of the television program B2 is within a predetermined time (S7). The predetermined time is a predetermined time in consideration of an EPG error, for example, 6 hours.
In the implementation, S7 may be passed.

  When the broadcast time of the television program B2 is within a predetermined time and the remaining capacity for storing the television program B2 is in the optical disc 100, the control unit 4 reserves recording of the television program B2 in the RAM (S8).

And the control part 4 displays the 1st message to the effect of having received the recording reservation of television program B2 on the display part 7 or the television 101 (S9). The first message is, for example, “not only the television program B1 but also the television program B2 is recorded”. Thereby, the user can grasp that the television program B2 is also recorded.
Note that the first message displayed on the television 101 in S6 is the OSD.

The controller 4 determines whether or not the cancel key is pressed during recording of the television program B1 (S11) (S10). In S11, the control unit 4 determines whether broadcasting of the TV program B1 has ended based on the EPG. The determination in S11 is the same as in S4.
In S10 and S11, until the broadcast of the TV program B1 ends, the user who has seen the first message can cancel the recording reservation of the TV program B2 by pressing the cancel key.

  When the broadcast of the TV program B1 ends (S11), that is, when the TV program B1 is recorded on the optical disc 100 until the broadcast end time of the TV program B1, the control unit 4 controls the PU head 2 and the recording / playback unit 3 to Recording is temporarily stopped (S12). As a result, the recording / reproducing unit 3 closes the AV data only in the final stage of the TV program B1 to make one title R1. As a result, the optical disc 100 is in a state where the title R1 including only the final stage of the TV program B1 is recorded (see FIG. 3 (2)).

Then, based on the broadcast start time of the television program B2 described in the EPG, the control unit 4 starts recording the television program B2 that is broadcast next to the television program B1 (S13). And the control part 4 returns to S3 and continues a process. Then, the control unit 4 stops recording in S5. That is, the optical disc apparatus 1 records the television program B1 on the medium until the broadcast end time based on the EPG, and then broadcasts the television program B2 broadcast next to the television program B1 from the broadcast start time to the broadcast end time based on the EPG. To the optical disc 100. As a result, the recording / reproducing unit 3 closes the AV data with only the TV program B2 to make one title R2. As a result, the optical disc 100 is recorded with the title R1 including only the TV program B1 and the title R2 including only the TV program B2 (see FIG. 3B).
The recorded TV program B2 can be viewed in the playback mode. The user switches to the playback mode by pressing the playback key.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S6 that the remaining capacity for storing the TV program B2 is not in the optical disc 100, if the recording time exceeds a predetermined time in S7, or until the broadcast of the TV program B1 ends in S10. When the cancel key is pressed, the control unit 4 prohibits recording of the television program B2 (S14).

Then, the control unit 4 displays a second message indicating that the television program B2 is not recorded on the display unit 7 or the television 101 (S15). The second message is, for example, “Recording of TV program B2 cannot be performed because there is no remaining capacity in the optical disc 100 to store TV program B2” or “Recording reservation of TV program B2 has been canceled.” It is. Thereby, the user can grasp that the TV program B2 is not recorded.
Note that the second message displayed on the television 101 in S15 is the OSD.

As described above, when the user wants to record the television program B2, the user only has to press the recording key twice. For this reason, it is not necessary to watch the television program B2 and wait for the television program B2 to end and press the stop key.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, since the television programs B1 and B2 are recorded with different titles, the user can select and reproduce only the television program B2. Therefore, the television programs B1 and B3 that are not desired to be viewed are not disturbed during reproduction.
Furthermore, since it is confirmed in S6 whether or not the remaining capacity for storing the television program B2 exists on the optical disc 100, it is possible to prevent the recording of the television program B2 from being terminated in the middle due to the remaining capacity of the optical disc 100 being insufficient.
Therefore, user operability and usability can be improved.

  Even if the recording key is pressed twice by mistake, the user can cancel the recording reservation of the television program B2 by pressing the cancel key in S10 and S11. Therefore, user operability and usability can be further improved.

If the recording key is pressed again from S13 to S3, that is, if the recording key is pressed a total of three times, the control unit 4 proceeds to S6 and continues the process. And the control part 4 progresses to S12 and S13 in the same procedure as the above. As a result, the optical disc apparatus 1 records the television program B1 and the television program B2 on the optical disc 100 based on the EPG, and then broadcasts the television program B3 broadcast next to the television program B2 from the broadcast start time based on the EPG. Recording is performed on the optical disc 100 until the end time. As a result, the recording / reproducing unit 3 closes the AV data with only the TV program B2 to make one title R2. Further, the recording / reproducing unit 3 closes the AV data with only the TV program B3 to make one title R3. As a result, the optical disc 100 is recorded with a title R1 including only the TV program B1, a title R2 including only the TV program B2, and a title R3 including only the TV program B3 (FIG. 3 (3)). reference).
Here, the recorded TV programs B2 and B3 can be viewed in the playback mode. The user switches to the playback mode by pressing the playback key.

1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of an optical disc apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation performed when the recording unit presses the recording key of the optical disc apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the content recorded on the optical disk 100, when a television program is recorded on the optical disk 100 with the optical disk apparatus which is embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the content recorded on a medium, when a television program is recorded on a medium with the conventional recording device

Explanation of symbols

1-optical disk device 2-pickup head 3-recording / reproducing unit 4-control unit 5-operation unit 6-storage unit 7-display unit 10-reception unit 11-D / A converter 12-OSD processing unit 13-video processing unit 100 -Optical disc 101-Television

Claims (5)

Receiving a television broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcast station, and broadcast start time and broadcast end time of each television program broadcast on the selected channel and each television program broadcast on each channel of the television broadcast signal A receiving means for extracting the electronic program guide shown;
An operation means having a recording key for accepting recording of a television program of the selected channel;
When the recording key is operated, a recording means for recording the first television program currently broadcast on the selected channel on a medium based on the electronic program guide until the broadcast end time;
When the recording key is operated again during the recording, the data amount of the second television program broadcast next to the first television program is estimated from the electronic program guide, and the second television program is Control means for determining whether or not the remaining capacity to store is in the medium;
The control means includes
When the remaining capacity is in the medium, the second television program is reserved for recording, and when the recording of the first television program is finished, the second television program is broadcasted based on the electronic program guide. Instructing the recording means to record on the media from the start time to the broadcast end time,
A recording apparatus that prohibits recording of the second television program when the remaining capacity is not in the medium.   2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a display unit configured to display a first message indicating that a recording reservation for the second television program is accepted during recording of the first television program when the remaining capacity is in the medium. The recording device described. The operation means has a cancel key for accepting cancellation of the recording reservation during the recording of the first television program,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit prohibits recording of the second television program when the cancel key is operated.   The said display means displays the 2nd message to the effect of not recording the said 2nd TV program, when the said control means prohibits the recording of the said 2nd TV program. Recording device.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medium is a hard disk or an optical disk.

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