1. A program reception and playback unit comprising, in combination, a digital memory for continuously and concurrently recording a plurality of different broadcast program signals, a plurality of tuners for simultaneously receiving said plurality of different broadcast program signals, each of said tuners having a digital output for continuously supplying a selected one of said broadcast program signals in digital form to said digital memory, and a player for accessing a selected one of said broadcast program signals recorded in said digital memory at a selected prior time.