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Sony to Add TV Tuner, DVR to PS3

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hardware-hackers-get-to-work dept.

pjhenley writes "Sony has announced that they will add digital TV and DVR capabilities to the PS3 in Europe. TV can also be watched on a PSP using 'remote play' over WiFi or via downloaded recordings. 'The new box will feature two 1080p tuners, which utilize the European Digital Video Broadcasting system (DVB-T) -- which should dash any US hopes for the time being. The system will allow you to store recorded broadcasts on your PS3 drive, and also transcode and transfer the saved files to your PSP.'"

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  1. So what's the market? by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I am seriously getting confused about what the PS3 is meant to be. So far it seems to be doing its best to be a jack of trades and still fairing worse than a PC for the cost. Options of what it is meant to be:
        - Game console
        - Blu ray player
        - PC (I believe it was suggested at some point)
        - TiVo

    Now which one is it successful at being at? There is nothing worse than losing focus and at least with a PC you can do whatever you want with it.

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  2. Re:I gotta say by Pojut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Actually, I will respond.

    Crackdown, DOA4, Dead Rising, Kameo, GoW, Saints Row, Tenchu Z, Viva Pinata...

    Not to mention the wide variety of Xbox Live Arcade games.

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  3. Re:Emacs! by MikeBabcock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Way to troll Slashdot, clap clap. Wanna go look up how many _good_ games were out for the 360 in the first 6-8 months after release? Okay, now do the same for the PS3. No, seriously, actually check. Some are ports, just like a lot of Xbox games are PC ports, and some are exclusives, you might want to look into that, they're actually good games.

    Here's a clue -- Resistance is amazing, Motorstorm is a lot of fun, and Dark Kingdom was short but intense -- and those were launch titles.

    In case you haven't been paying attention, its summer and almost nobody releases new games in the summer, they hold off until nearer the Christmas season for some reason. There are a lot of new games for the PS3 coming out this fall and winter, quite a few exclusives too.

    How about everyone who keeps saying the PS3 has no games admit to how many they've played and go count the number available before they talk?

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