PS3 to Act as Digital Video Recorder?

PS3 Evolution writes "Ars Technica has some new info regarding the PS3 and PSP Connectivity, and explores claims that the console will be a Digital Video Recorder." From the article: "An 'accessory' for the PSP is going to be a device that can connect to the PS3 for interactive gaming, video sharing, and probably music synchronization. Think about it: you're Sony, and you have the PSP. The device is in the same price league as the iPod (although storage is more expensive), and the screen is better. You're also a content owner with fingers in movies, music, and television. Sony's efforts to-date with UMD offerings are only the opening salvos for the company. How do you go after iPod-like success? Like the iPod that is tethered to a computer, the PSP will be tethered to a PS3." Take with the usual recommended amount of salt.

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So many choices!

[eldavojohn]

The big question is whether or not this will be able to understand the scheduling signals that my local provider (Comcast, Cox, etc.) sends to their proprietary boxes. Am I going to have to pay a monthly fee for this instead a la Tivo?

Hmmmm, do I pick being able to swing Link's sword in my living room or not having to parse through my roommate's Fox & WB fodder to get to my Aqua Teen .... so many choices and they're only rumors so far! Curse you Slashdot, why must you taunt me so?

*head explodes*

I know the rest of this post is painfully offtopic but I'll take the karma hit for those of you that like trivia.

Take with the usual recommended amount of salt.

The saying "with a grain of salt" refers way back to its Latin phrase, "cum grano salis." Pliny the Elder wrote about a poison that had an antidote that needed to be taken with a grain of salt. Since said antidote was known by Pliny, any threats involving the known poison were said to be taken "with a grain of salt" meaning they were not to be taken seriously or to be believed since the antidote was on hand. Another take on it from Maven's Words:

Other etymologists believe that, at some point centuries later, someone decided that Pliny had been skeptical about either the antidote or its efficacy and took cum grano salis to mean 'with a dose of skepticism'. That has been its meaning since its first appearance in English in the 17th century.