JP2011130286A - System for viewing and recording television, hdd recorder, and television - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a user from overlooking programs that are usually viewed on a television, if the television and a HDD recorder are separated. <P>SOLUTION: A system for viewing and recording the television program is configured as follows: information of the program viewed by the user is stored at a side of the HDD recorder 30 by the HDD recorder 30 by means of CEC function (S11, S12, S13a); a database of the program viewed via a tuner 11 of the television side is prepared at the side of the HDD recorder 30 (S13b): a candidate program for video recording is selected by the database (S13c); the program is viewed in response to the reservation once the viewing reservation is carried out (S14); and automatic video recording is carried out (S15) to prevent overlooking of the programs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a television viewing and television recording system, an HDD recorder, and a television, and more particularly, to a television viewing and television recording system, an HDD recorder, and a television that can prevent program oversight.

The following are known for preventing overlooking TV programs.
In Patent Document 1, even if you forget to watch a television program you want to watch every week or forget to make a recording reservation, you can automatically record a television program that you want to watch every week. When the function is set, when the TV program received by the tuner of the apparatus is viewed or the TV program is reserved and recorded, the program identification information including the broadcast day of the TV program, the broadcast time zone, and the channel Is stored in the flash ROM, and when a TV program that was viewed or reserved in the last week is recorded this week, the recording start time of this week's TV program corresponding to the program identification information of the last week stored in the flash ROM has come. When the recording is started, the configuration of the information recording / reproducing apparatus in which the television program of this week is recorded on the hard disk is disclosed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an automatic recording apparatus that automatically records a program based on viewers' preferences, a recording unit that records a program, an electronic program guide storage unit that stores an electronic program guide to be broadcast, Preference information storage means for storing preference information weighted according to the viewer's preference for each electronic program information such as the time, channel, genre, program name, performer, etc. of the program sent in the electronic program guide; There is disclosed a configuration of a program recording / reproducing apparatus that includes a viewed library storage unit for a program that has been viewed, and that automatically records a program according to the viewer's preference and that has not been viewed by the viewer in the past. .

  Patent Document 3 aims to provide a user with a high-frequency viewing program that is always being watched, and the channel history writing means 100 indicates the selection status of the program-corresponding channel in the channel selection means 1M. The channel history memory 105 sequentially stores sub-several weeks at a timing that can correspond to the time. In this case, the channel history writing unit 100 determines the viewing frequency of the program-compatible channel in the channel selection unit 1M. Weighting is performed according to the program, the contents stored in the channel history memory 105 are checked, and the presence of a channel corresponding to the high-frequency reception program selected at a predetermined frequency or more at the same day of the week and at the same time in the past plural weeks. When the presence / absence of the channel corresponding to the high frequency reception program is detected by the determination, the program is Configuration of the television broadcast receiving apparatus for dynamic recording is disclosed.

JP 2008-211408 A JP 2006-80974 A JP 2004-180338 A

In the conventional technique described above, when the TV and the HDD recorder are separated, it is impossible to prevent the user from overlooking a program that is normally viewed on the TV.
An object of the present invention is to prevent a program that a user normally watches on a television from being overlooked when the television and the HDD recorder are separated.

  The present invention is a television viewing and television recording system in which a television and an HDD recorder are connected by an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other with a CEC function, and the television recorder via the CEC function is communicated on the HDD recorder side. Viewing operation accepting means for accepting television broadcast viewing operation, program guide receiving means for receiving a television broadcast program guide, viewing history management means for storing information on the viewed program, and history of the program viewed Selection means for selecting a missed prevention target in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the program, and a viewing reservation process for monitoring a viewing operation and making a program selected as a missed prevention target to be viewed Means.

  In the above configuration, the viewing operation accepting means on the HDD recorder side accepts a viewing operation of a television broadcast on a television via communication using the CEC function. Then, the program guide receiving means receives the TV broadcast program guide, and the viewing history management means stores the information of the viewed programs. In addition, since the program selection means selects the missed prevention target in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program, the viewing reservation processing means monitors the viewing operation and is selected as the missed prevention target To be viewed when is not being viewed.

In this way, when the HDD recorder side receives a television viewing operation and the program selected as the missed prevention target based on this operation is not viewed, it can be prevented from being missed. .
As a criterion for selecting an object to be overlooked, the program selecting means is configured to select a program that has been viewed for a certain period of time in the same time zone on consecutive dates within the week, as a reference for selecting an object to be overlooked. May be.

For example, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and so on.
Further, the program selection means may be configured to select a program that has been viewed for a certain period of time in the same time zone in consecutive weeks, as a reference for selecting an object to be missed.
Further, the program selection means may be configured to increase the priority when the number of viewing times increases.

Recording past viewing operations creates a situation where multiple programs are being viewed in the same time period, but either one can be increased by increasing the priority of the person who views more frequently Can be selected.
As a specific method of making the viewing target when the program selected as the target to be overlooked is not being viewed, the viewing reservation processing means is an automatic recording target for the HDD recorder connected to the television. You may make it make a reservation.

If you are not watching, there is a possibility that you are not in front of the TV.
As an example of the timing for receiving a television viewing operation, the viewing operation accepting unit may be configured to collectively transmit to the HDD recorder when the television is turned off.
Further, the viewing operation accepting means may be configured to collectively transmit from the television to the HDD recorder every predetermined period.

Further, the viewing operation accepting means may be configured to sequentially transmit from the television to the HDD recorder when a viewing operation is performed.
Normally, there is no problem with the sequential transmission, but it is also possible to reduce the processing of the CEC function at the normal time by transmitting the viewing operations collectively on the television side.
As a preferred example in the case of automatic recording, the HDD recorder may be configured to record an automatic recording target in a range of a storage area of a certain capacity, and delete those exceeding the capacity according to a predetermined standard. .

If the recording area decreases due to unintended automatic recording, the user may not be able to perform the recording. Therefore, record the automatic recording target within the storage area of a certain capacity. Those exceeding the limit will be deleted according to the predetermined criteria.
The present invention can be used not only in the system including the television and the HDD recorder as described above, but also in a single component.

  As an example thereof, an HDD recorder that is connected to a television with an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other using the CEC function, and a viewing operation accepting unit that accepts a viewing operation of the television broadcast on the television via communication using the CEC function. And a program guide receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast program guide, a viewing history managing means for storing information of the watched program, and a target to be overlooked by comparing with a predetermined standard based on the history of the watched program And a program selection processing unit that monitors a viewing operation and makes a viewing target when a program that is selected as an oversight prevention target is not being viewed.

  In addition, as a television, a television viewing operation accepting unit that accepts a viewing operation of a television broadcast, a television program guide receiving unit that receives a program guide of a television broadcast, a television viewing history management unit that stores information of a viewed program, TV program selection means for selecting an object to be overlooked by comparing with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program, and when a program selected as an object to be overlooked by monitoring the viewing operation is not being viewed It may be configured to include a TV viewing reservation processing unit to be viewed, and may be configured as a television that allows only viewing without automatic recording.

In addition, as a more specific configuration, there is a television viewing and television recording system in which a television and an HDD recorder are connected by an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other with a CEC function.
The TV includes a TV-side tuner that receives TV broadcasts, a TV-side operation panel that receives operations, a TV processing circuit that outputs video and audio signals based on signals received by the TV-side tuner, and the video signal An image processing circuit that performs image processing based on the image signal, a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, and a panel drive circuit, and a liquid crystal panel unit that displays video based on the image-processed video signal; An audio circuit that outputs audio, a TV-side program guide acquisition circuit that acquires a program guide from the reception signal of the TV-side tuner, a TV-side control circuit that performs overall control of the TV, and an external device. TV side HDMI interface,
The HDD recorder includes a recorder-side tuner that receives a television broadcast, a recorder-side operation panel that receives operations, an HDD that records and reproduces video and audio, and a recorder that acquires a program guide based on the reception signal of the recorder-side tuner A side program guide acquisition circuit, a recording / reproduction circuit for recording on the HDD based on a received signal from the same side tuner and reproducing from the HDD, a recorder side control circuit for comprehensive control of the HDD recorder, and an external device Recorder-side HDMI interface that can be connected to
The recorder-side control circuit has received a viewing operation accepting means for sequentially accepting a viewing operation of a television broadcast on the television via a communication using the CEC function, a program guide receiving means for receiving a program guide of the television broadcast, Viewing history management means for accumulating program information, program selection means for selecting an object to be overlooked by comparing with a predetermined standard based on the history of the program that has been viewed, and monitoring operation to select an object to be missed by monitoring the viewing operation When the program being viewed is not being viewed, the HDD automatically records, and for the automatic recording with the HDD recorder, the automatic recording target is recorded within the storage area of a certain capacity, and the recording exceeds the capacity. It may be configured to include viewing reservation processing means for deleting according to a predetermined standard.

  According to the present invention, a program that a user watches on television every week (daily), such as a series drama, is automatically recorded by the HDD recorder when the user cannot go out or make a reservation when going out or suddenly. Prevent missed programs. More specifically, information on the program that the user is viewing on the TV side is transmitted to the HDD recorder by the HDMI CEC function, and the HDD recorder creates a user-specific database (a program that is often viewed), and the actual program If the TV is not turned on at the time when the program is broadcast, the program recording is automatically executed so that the program to be watched is not missed.

1 is a block diagram of a television viewing and television recording system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart in this television viewing and recording system. It is a flowchart of a process of automatic recording. It is a flowchart corresponding to automatic viewing reservation on the television side.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a television viewing and recording system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the television viewing and television recording system of the present invention, the television and the HDD recorder are connected via an HDMI cable so that they can communicate with each other using the CEC function.
In the figure, a TV-side tuner 11 in the TV 10 receives a TV broadcast via an antenna 12. The TV processing circuit 13 causes the TV-side tuner 11 to receive a TV broadcast of a predetermined channel and outputs a video signal and an audio signal from the TV broadcast reception signal. In addition, as a premise, a user operation is input via the television-side operation panel 14.

The video signal is output to the image processing circuit 15, and the image processing circuit 15 converts the video signal into a signal for displaying the video by the liquid crystal panel unit 16 and outputs the signal. The liquid crystal panel unit 16 includes a panel drive circuit 17, a liquid crystal panel 18, and a backlight unit 19. The panel drive circuit 17 drives each pixel of the liquid crystal panel 18 based on an output signal from the image processing circuit 15. The backlight unit 19 irradiates transmitted light from the back surface of the liquid crystal panel 18 and displays a visible image on the surface of the liquid crystal panel 18 while forming an image.
On the other hand, the audio signal is output to the audio circuit 21, amplified to have a volume corresponding to the volume adjustment operation of the television-side operation panel 14, and output from the speaker 22 as audio.

The TV processing circuit 13 outputs a signal including program information in addition to the video signal and the audio signal, and the TV side program guide acquisition circuit 23 inputs the signal to acquire the program guide.
Further, integrated control of the entire TV 10 is performed by the TV-side control circuit 24. More specifically, operations on the TV-side operation panel 14 are accepted, and various controls and operations on the TV processing circuit 13 are performed. Reception of TV broadcast by the TV-side tuner 11, image processing by the image processing circuit 15, input of individual program information acquired by the TV-side program guide acquisition circuit 23, communication with an external device via the TV-side HDMI interface 25, etc. Do.

  On the other hand, the HDD recorder 30 includes a recorder-side tuner 31 that receives a television broadcast via an antenna 32, a hard disk drive (HDD) 34 that records and reproduces video and audio, and an HDD 34 that is based on a signal received by the recorder-side tuner 31. Recording / reproducing circuit 33 for recording on and reproducing from the HDD 34, recorder-side operation panel 35 for accepting operations from the user, recorder-side control circuit 36 for performing comprehensive control, and recorder side that can be connected to external devices An HDMI interface 37 and a recorder-side program guide acquisition circuit 38 that acquires a program guide based on a program signal extracted by the recording / playback circuit 33 based on a received signal from the recorder-side tuner 31 are provided.

Here, the recorder-side control circuit 36 accepts an operation on the recorder-side operation panel 35, and performs recording / playback of the HDD 34 by the recording / playback circuit 33, channel selection of the recorder-side tuner 31, and external devices via the recorder-side HDMI interface 37. Communication.
Note that the television-side HDMI interface 25 and the recorder-side HDMI interface 37 are connected by the HDMI cable 20 so that the television-side control circuit 24 and the recorder-side control circuit 36 can communicate with each other via communication using the CEC function.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart in the present television viewing and television recording system, and mainly shows the processing on the HDD recorder side.
In step 11, a television viewing operation is accepted. As described above, the television-side control circuit 24 and the recorder-side control circuit 36 can communicate with each other via communication using the CEC function. A television broadcast viewing operation based on an operation on the operation panel 14 is transmitted.

  This transmission timing may be performed sequentially as shown in step 11c, or may be transmitted collectively when the television 10 is powered off as shown in step 11a in order to avoid frequent communication. As shown in step 11b, it may be transmitted periodically every predetermined period, such as once a day. Note that communication using the CEC function is possible even when the power of the counterpart device is turned off. Note that this step 11 and the hardware that implements this constitute a viewing operation accepting means.

  In step 12, a television broadcast program guide is received. The reason why the program guide is received is to confirm the frame of the program that the user is viewing on the television 10. For example, assume that the user has a certain channel from a certain time to a certain time. The program guide is received to know the program frame at this time. To receive the program guide, the program guide is acquired by the recorder-side program guide acquisition circuit 38 and then acquired based on the result. However, since there is the TV-side program guide acquisition circuit 23 on the TV 10 side, the acquisition result may be obtained by communication using the CEC function. In particular, when the television 10 transmits viewing operations collectively, it is more convenient for the television 10 to notify the program frame in addition to the viewing operations. If the notification cannot be made on the TV 10 side, it is necessary to store the program table on the HDD recorder 30 side for a predetermined period and to know the program frame by referring to the past program table when the viewing operation is notified from the TV 10. is there. Note that step 12 and the hardware that implements this constitute the program guide receiving means.

  In step 13, the viewing history is managed. Specifically, information on the program viewed corresponding to the viewing operation and the program guide is obtained and stored as a result of viewing in a partial area of the HDD 34. At this time, there are a program whose channel has been changed in a short time and a program in which the program frame is almost continuously viewed, and the program information like the former is basically unnecessary. For this reason, in step 13a, determination is made based on the minimum viewing time required for viewing and authorization (viewing authorization), or when the user is watching many times even in a short time. For example, a standard is applied in which the user has watched at least 15 minutes as the time. Then, for those that have been approved for viewing, the database is updated and recorded in step 13b. As described above, the steps 13a and 13b and the hardware for executing the steps constitute the viewing history management means.

Next, in step 13c, an overlook prevention target is selected by comparing with a predetermined reference based on the history of the viewed program. There are various modes as criteria for selecting an object to be overlooked. As an example,
・ Programs that have been watched for a certain period of time during the same time zone on consecutive days of the week ・ Users who are watching TV programs that have been viewed for a certain period of time during the same time period in consecutive weeks Is likely to be watching, and is worthy of being a missed target. As described above, viewing history is managed in units of program frames from the program guide, time, and channel information, so that the program frames at the same time are viewed every day, and the program frames at the same time are viewed every week. Can be determined.

  On the other hand, by managing with program frames, when a user frequently goes back and forth between programs, it may be recognized that a plurality of programs in the same program frame are being viewed. In such a case, when the number of times of viewing / listening increases, the priority is increased, so that one of them can be identified as an object to be missed. Step 13c and the hardware that implements this constitute program selection means.

  If the miss-prevention target is selected in this way, the program frame that is the miss-prevention target is set as a viewing reservation in step 14, the viewing reservation time is set in step 14 a, and it is not watched. In step 14b, the user watches on the TV. Whether the user is not viewing can be determined based on the viewing operation of the television 10 which can be detected by the CEC function. In this case, the oversight prevention measure is performed in the form of watching TV.

However, this method may be used if the user is in front of the television, but in some cases, the user is actually absent, and in such a case, the television 10 cannot be viewed in real time. For this reason, in step 15, an automatic recording reservation is made with an object to be overlooked as an automatic recording target.
As described above, in steps 14 and 15, the viewing operation is monitored, and the program selected as the object to be overlooked is not viewed, and these steps 14 and 15 and this are executed. Hardware constitutes a viewing reservation processing means.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the automatic recording process.
In step 31, automatic recording information is received. In addition to making an automatic recording reservation in the recorder-side control circuit 36 of the HDD recorder 30, automatic recording information may be transmitted by performing the same processing on the television 10 side. In step 32a, it is determined whether it is a scheduled time for automatic recording. If it is a reserved time, automatic recording is performed in step 32b.

  By the way, although automatic recording is convenient, if the recording area is reduced by itself and the recording reservation intended by the user cannot be executed, it will be overturned. For this reason, in step 33, ring buffer processing is performed. That is, a recording area (storage area) for automatic recording having a certain capacity that can be used repeatedly is secured, and automatic recording is performed within the capacity range. And those exceeding the capacity are deleted. As a reference for deletion, step 33a shows an example of deletion from the oldest, and in step 33c, the program viewed by the user is preferentially deleted. As a premise for such automatic deletion, automatic classification is performed in step 33b, and the program is classified with the priority given to the classification based on the contents and the object to be overlooked. Of course, by associating the classification result with the deletion priority, a recording area having a certain capacity can be used effectively.

On the other hand, the program not to be missed may be recorded as well as viewable on the television 10. In this case, automatic viewing reservation is set from the HDD recorder 30 side to the television 10 side using the CEC function. .
FIG. 4 is a flowchart corresponding to automatic viewing reservation on the television side.
In step 21, the television 10 determines whether or not there is a viewing operation by the user. If there is a viewing operation, the television 10 performs viewing corresponding to the operation in step 22.

  On the other hand, in step 23, processing corresponding to automatic reservation is performed as described above. That is, it is determined whether or not it is a reserved time in step 23a. If the reserved time is reached, viewing is performed in step 23b according to the contents. As a result, when the user does not watch the program that is normally viewed on the television, the program can be viewed on the television 10 by automatic reservation, and oversight can be prevented.

  It is also possible for the television side to manage the viewing operation of the television so that it can be automatically viewed as described above or automatically recorded by a recording device connected to the outside. In this case, a television viewing operation accepting unit, a television program guide receiving unit, a television viewing history managing unit, a television program selecting unit, and a television viewing reservation processing unit having substantially the same contents as described above are provided. become.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the information of the program viewed by the user is stored on the HDD recorder 30 side by the HDD recorder 30 by the CEC function (steps 11, 12, 13a), and the TV-side tuner is stored on the HDD recorder 30 side. 11 creates a database of programs being viewed (step 13b), and selects a recording candidate program (step 13c) based on this database. When the viewing reservation is made, viewing is made corresponding to the reservation (step 14), automatic recording reservation is made (step 15), and oversight is prevented.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. It goes without saying for those skilled in the art,
・ Applying mutually interchangeable members and configurations disclosed in the above embodiments by appropriately changing the combination thereof.− Although not disclosed in the above embodiments, it is a publicly known technique and the above embodiments. The members and configurations that can be mutually replaced with the members and configurations disclosed in the above are appropriately replaced, and the combination is changed and applied.

・ Although not disclosed in the above-described embodiments, those skilled in the art may appropriately substitute members and configurations that can be assumed as substitutes for the members and configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments based on known techniques, Changing and applying the combination is disclosed as an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Television, 11 ... Television side tuner, 12 ... Antenna, 13 ... Television processing circuit, 14 ... Television side operation panel, 15 ... Image processing circuit, 16 ... Liquid crystal panel unit, 17 ... Panel drive circuit, 18 ... Liquid crystal panel, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 ... Backlight unit, 20 ... HDMI cable, 21 ... Audio circuit, 22 ... Speaker, 23 ... Television side program guide acquisition circuit, 24 ... Television side control circuit, 25 ... Television side HDMI interface, 30 ... HDD recorder, 31 ... Recorder side tuner, 32... Antenna, 33. Recording / reproduction circuit, 34... HDD, 35. Recorder side operation panel, 36.

Claims (12)

A TV viewing and TV recording system in which a TV and an HDD recorder are connected with an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other using the CEC function.
On the HDD recorder side,
Viewing operation accepting means for accepting a television broadcast viewing operation on the television via communication using the CEC function;
A program guide receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast program guide;
Viewing history management means for accumulating information of the viewed programs;
A program selection means for selecting an object to be overlooked in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program;
A television viewing and television recording system, comprising: a viewing reservation processing unit that monitors a viewing operation and makes a viewing target when a program selected as an object to be overlooked is not viewed. 2. The television viewing according to claim 1, wherein the program selection means selects a program that has been viewed for a certain period of time in the same time zone on consecutive dates within a week as a reference for selecting an object to be missed. And TV recording system. 3. The television according to claim 1, wherein the program selection means selects a program that has been viewed for a predetermined time or more in the same time zone in consecutive weeks as a reference for selecting an object to be overlooked. Viewing and TV recording system. 4. The television viewing and recording system according to claim 1, wherein the program selection means increases the priority when the number of times of viewing increases. The television viewing and television recording system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the viewing reservation processing means reserves the HDD recorder connected to the television as an automatic recording target. . The television viewing and television recording system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the viewing operation reception means transmits the television recorder collectively to the HDD recorder when the television is turned off. The television viewing and television recording system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the viewing operation reception means transmits the television broadcast from the television to the HDD recorder every predetermined period. The television viewing and television recording system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the viewing operation receiving means sequentially transmits from the television to the HDD recorder when a viewing operation is performed. 9. The HDD recorder according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the HDD recorder records an automatic recording target in a range of a storage area of a certain capacity, and deletes those exceeding the capacity according to a predetermined standard. TV viewing and recording system. An HDD recorder that is connected to a TV via an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other using a CEC function,
Viewing operation accepting means for accepting a television broadcast viewing operation on the television via communication using the CEC function;
A program guide receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast program guide;
Viewing history management means for accumulating information of the viewed programs;
A program selection means for selecting an object to be overlooked in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program;
An HDD recorder, comprising: a viewing reservation processing unit that monitors a viewing operation and causes a viewing target to be viewed when a program selected as a target to be overlooked is not being viewed. TV viewing operation reception means for receiving a TV broadcast viewing operation;
A TV program guide receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast program guide;
TV viewing history management means for accumulating information on the viewed programs;
A television program selection means for selecting a target to be overlooked in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program;
A television comprising: a television viewing reservation processing unit that monitors a viewing operation and causes a program selected as an object to be overlooked to be viewed when the program is not being viewed. A TV viewing and TV recording system in which a TV and an HDD recorder are connected with an HDMI cable and can communicate with each other using the CEC function.
The above TV
A TV-side tuner that receives TV broadcasts;
A TV-side control panel that accepts operations,
A television processing circuit that outputs a video signal and an audio signal based on a reception signal by the television tuner;
An image processing circuit that performs image processing based on the video signal;
A liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, and a panel drive circuit, and displaying an image based on an image-processed video signal;
An audio circuit that outputs audio based on the audio signal;
A TV-side program guide acquisition circuit for acquiring a program guide from the reception signal of the TV-side tuner;
A TV-side control circuit for comprehensive control of the TV;
TV side HDMI interface that can be connected to external devices,
The HDD recorder is
Recorder-side tuner that receives TV broadcasts,
A recorder-side operation panel that accepts operations;
HDD that records and reproduces video and audio,
A recorder-side program guide acquisition circuit for acquiring a program guide based on the received signal of the recorder-side tuner;
A recording / reproducing circuit for recording on the HDD based on a signal received by the tuner on the same side and reproducing from the HDD;
A recorder-side control circuit for comprehensive control of the HDD recorder;
It has a recorder-side HDMI interface that can be connected to external devices,
The recorder side control circuit is
Viewing operation reception means for sequentially receiving a television broadcast viewing operation on the television via communication using the CEC function;
A program guide receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast program guide;
Viewing history management means for accumulating information of the viewed programs;
A program selection means for selecting an object to be overlooked in comparison with a predetermined standard based on the history of the viewed program;
When the viewing operation is monitored and a program selected as an object to be overlooked is not being watched, the HDD automatically records, and the automatic recording by the HDD recorder is automatically recorded within a storage area of a certain capacity. A television viewing and television recording system, comprising: a viewing reservation processing means for recording an object and deleting an object exceeding a capacity according to a predetermined standard.

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