A system, method, and computer program product are provided according to one embodiment. The system includes logic for receiving a request to record a contiguous television program; a storage medium for storing a representation of a first portion of the television program on a local recording system, the first portion being temporally shorter than a length of the television program; logic for sending a message to a remote system in response to the message, wherein the remote system stores a representation of a second portion of the television program; logic for outputting an indication of the television program on a list of recorded programs; logic for receiving a request to play back the television program via selection of the indication from the list; logic for outputting the first portion of the television program; logic for downloading at least a portion of the representation of the second portion of the television program; and logic for outputting the second portion of the television program after outputting the first portion of the television program.