Video device having priority-based recording function and control method for the same

A video device having a priority-based recording function, the video device comprising:

• a setting unit that sets a recording priority of a specific program for timer or immediate recording;
• a determination unit that, when the time to perform the timer or immediate recording of the specific program has been reached, determines whether or not at least one program, which has a higher recording priority than the specific program and which has not yet been recorded, is present;
• a comparison unit that, if the determination of the determination unit is that at least one program, which has a higher recording priority than the specific program and which has not yet been recorded, is present, compares the sum of a memory capacity required for the specific program and a memory capacity required for the at least one program with an available memory capacity of the video device;
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• a controller that records the specific program if the comparison of the comparison unit is that the sum of the memory capacity required for the specific program and the memory capacity required for the at least one program is less than or equal to the available memory capacity of the video device.