tv processor 40 may communicate and cooperate with the processor 12 of the device 10 fig2 shows that files received from the atsc signal source 24 by the device 10 may include among other data elements one or more header tags 46 followed by data packets 48 the header tags 46 may identify the content of the data packets 48 e g a header tag may indicate u201c spiderman movie u201d indicating that the data packets establish an audio video stream titled u201c spiderman u201d as another example the header tags 46 may indicate u201c john 39 s photos u201d indicating that the data packets establish one or more digital still photos with the tithe u201c john u201d yet again the header tags may indicate u201c abc word processing application u201d indicating that the data packets establish a computer application of a particular name type that can be executed by a computer processor fig3 shows that at block 50 the device 10 can receive user search terms indicating user desired content to be recorded on e g the medium 14 the search terms may be received in various non limiting ways such as by presenting a user interlace on the tv 34 instructing the user to input by means of the remote control 44 the tithes of content or other data files desired by the user for.