PlayStation 3 to get DVR functions in early 2008

[Really Treal]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27220

Sony is to launch a digital tuner for the Playstation 3 in early 2008, offering programmable TV recording functions to users of the next-gen console.

Warwick Light, sales and marketing manager for Computer Entertainment New Zealand, revealed the details to local website The Press, promising to "transform the PS3 capabilities so as to meet people's changing entertainment needs."

"We're also hoping next year – about the same time that Freeview launches its terrestrial broadcasting service – to release a digital tuner for the PS3, turning it into a programmable TV recorder," said Light.

Freeview services are expected to launch in New Zealand next March.

Although some industry watchers expect an announcement regarding the service to be made at this year's Leipzig Games convention, Sony has previously refused to comment on the speculation.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

What the hell is THAT gonna cost?

 

[Masked Lemon]

Microsoft has been working on a similar thing for 360 for a while now, supposed to come out in Sept. Called IPTV or some shit like that.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Dope but I'm waiting for the free "PS3 Media Center" or whatever so I can play .avi files. So far, from my experience, it only seems to play Mpeg files. Thats going to be sick.

I should do more research...

::edit::
apparently it's pretty easy to stream avi, divx, etc. from your pc to ps3

I'm also thinking about installing Ubuntu on my ps3, which seems pretty simple.

wikipedia:
Sony has included an option in the XMB menu to install other operating systems.[94] Among other Linux distributions, Ubuntu, Fedora Core 5, Gentoo, Debian, and Yellow Dog have been run on the PS3.

 

[yoinkIZback31]

that sounds clean. hopefully the one for 360 comes out too

 

[SacTownRadio]

Not going to be able to store that many t.v. shows with only a 60gb Hard drive...

 

[2-0-Sixx]

^^I guess that really depends on what file format it will be saved as.

 

[Likwid]

With just the right compression and minus commercials, a 60gb drive would be fine.

 

[Masked Lemon]

PS3's are easy to add hard drives to also...


I'm more curious how the 20GB 360 hard drive will handle the IPTV.

 

[Robby2Slobby]

60 gig hard drive shouldn't be a huge problem, I don't think. Comcast's come with 120 or 160, and normally I don't fill mine up that full. But I don't save TV shows, really, either, I watch them and delete them, unless they are comedies like the office, I tend to save them longer, but I'll eventually delete them. I usually keep the new episode on for a week, until I d/l the old episode.

Right now I have a lot of shit crammed on my DVR drive, including a season of Carnivale, like 8 movies, 4 or 5 episodes of the Office, Raw, and some other shows, and it's only at 51%.. Which would be the size of the PS3 HD.