Ultrahard diamonds and method of making thereof

Abstract

A video recording / reproducing apparatus comprises a receiver which receives a broadcast program, an acquiring unit which acquires program information of the broadcast program, a recording unit which records the broadcast program received by the receiver together with the program information acquired by the acquiring unit, a selector which selects a type of the program, and a searching unit which searches a latest program of the type selected by the selector based on the program information acquired by the acquiring unit and the program information recorded by the recording unit.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-281160, filed Jul. 28, 2003, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a video recording / reproducing apparatus and method which records video information such as television programs in large-capacity recording media such as hard disk drives. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] There has heretofore been a method in which a program recorded in a conventional video recording / reproducing apparatus is reproduced using a recording start time included in recorded program information (e.g., Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI Publication No. 2002-185904). [0006] Here, an apparatus starting time is recorded at an apparatus starting time, and the recorded program information is received from a plurality of recor...

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Benefits of technology

Enables users to efficiently select and watch desired programs from a large number of recorded or real-time broadcasted programs, improving program navigation and managing storage by automatically erasing less-watched programs to optimize storage capacity.

Problems solved by technology

When the number of recorded programs increases, it has been difficult to search a desired program.

However, by the “non-watched recorded program list”, it is only seen whether or not the program has been watched, and it cannot be seen that the program has been watched.

Furthermore, only the watching of the recorded information is assumed by the recording / reproducing apparatus, and received video information broadcasted in real time cannot be selected as a source of video to be watched.

In this manner, the conventional video recording / reproducing apparatus has a disadvantage that it is difficult to search a desired recorded program.

There is also a disadvantage that real-time broadcasted video cannot be selected as a watching object video.

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