US Patent 7203795 Digital recording, reproducing and recording/reproducing apparatus

A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording a received signal as digital data in a file format and for reproducing the digital data stored in the file format includes a memory controller which controls the recording made in a manner such that the digital data continuously received and stored in a buffer memory is stored in a storage unit at a writing speed which is higher than a speed at which the digital data is stored in the buffer memory. In a reproducing mode, the digital data is read from the storage unit into the buffer memory at a reading speed which is higher than a speed at which the digital data is outputted from the buffer memory to the outside.