Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Nobuhiro Hara

Hiroshi Tsunoda

Yoshinori Hama

Masako Otsuki

Takahiro Kondo

Takayuki Kida

A digital broadcast receiver includes a CPU. The CPU starts a VTR several ten seconds before a broadcast start time for a reserved program, to set a video recording mode. Simultaneously, program information for the reserved program is outputted to the VTR. When the broadcast start time comes, the CPU stops the outputting of the program information, and outputs a video and audio signal for the reserved program to the VTR. Accordingly, a video cassette is first recorded with the program information, and then video-recorded with the reserved program.

Digital broadcast receiver outputting video and program information

A program guide display controller at a user terminal of a television broadcasting system in which a user can enter a program guide display command for displaying a program guide on a display device, and the user can set contents for restricting the program guide displayed on the display device. A memory is provided for storing the restricting contents set by the user. A display control is provided for displaying a program guide adapted to the restricting contents stored in the memory on the display device when the program guide display command is entered by the user.

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Hirakata, Japan

Nobuhiro Hara