Information recording apparatus and fee charging method thereof

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus and method which enables charging in a reasonable manner for a fee regarding an information recording apparatus recording information into a recording medium. Information received through a tuner or reproduced through a digital reproducing section is converted by a format conversion circuit, supplied to a digital, an analog or a memory card type recording and reproducing section where dubbing is carried out. Such information can be also stored in a storage medium such as a HDD and then supplied and dubbed in the pertinent recording and reproducing section. When the recording medium containing recorded information is unloaded, charging is done through a charging section. Once unloaded, the recording medium can be easily taken out and used, thus such a convenience can be charged as well. In addition, the charging can be done corresponding to a number of recording media containing recorded information. Furthermore, a user can verify whether recording has been carried out properly, before charging.