Program recording apparatus and method for stopping recording programs

摘要

A program recording apparatus includes: a plurality of tuners; a recording processing module configured to record one or more broadcast programs; a program number determining module configured to determine the number of programs being recorded when a recording stop instruction is received; a thumbnail image generating module configured to generate thumbnail images from reception data of the programs being recorded; a recording stop selection screen generating module configured to set areas for the respective programs being recorded in a recording stop selection screen, displaying pieces of program information of the programs being recorded in the thus-set areas, respectively, and displaying the thumbnail images in clip form in the thus-set areas, respectively; and a stop selection instructing module configured to allow selecting one or more programs whose recording should be stopped from the programs being recorded through the recording stop selection screen.