Broadcast program recorder, and methods of status display and management thereof

Provided are a broadcast program recorder (800), a method of displaying a status of the broadcast program recorder, and a method of managing the broadcast program recorder by checking a remaining storage space of a storage medium, displaying a usage status of the storage medium to a user, and managing stored broadcast programs so as to successfully record a broadcast program. In the broadcast program recorder and the method of managing the recorder, a storage space size required for a broadcast program to be recorded is predicted before recording, the predicted storage space size for the broadcast program and a predicted information on the change in a remaining available storage space, when the broadcast program is recorded, is displayed to a user, thereby enabling the user to manage the storage space for the broadcast program recorder efficiently.