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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. Before anyone starts to complain by MemoryDragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We europeans pay around 700-900 USD for the PS3

  2. I gotta say by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love the PS3 for all of it's capabilities (especially since I also have a PSP) I think it's a very well built, very well designed machine that has a lot of potential. It's non-gaming feature list is extensive and USEFUL.

    So why do I still very much prefer my 360 over my PS3?

    Games. The fucking games.

    Come on Sony. We all know that it's a powerful beast of a machine, we know it can do a lot of cool shit...but how about investing in some more quality GAMES? My 360 gets FAR more playtime than my PS3...why?

    BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO PLAY, SONY.

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    Living With a Nerd
    1. Re:I gotta say by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

      See, that's just the thing though....look at what is coming to 360 or 360/PC in the next year (I'm including BioShock in that which, by the way, is one of the best games ever made)

      Now look at what is coming to the PS3 in the next year.

      I gotta say, just looking at what is on the schedule to be released in the next year, unless something unannounced comes out, it appears my 360 will continue to be putting in overtime while my PS3 takes vacations for months at a time...

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      Living With a Nerd
    2. Re:I gotta say by MBraynard · · Score: 4, Insightful
      There are two flaws with your evaluation. I can't believe you got modded 5.

      First, you don't buy games based on the percentage of all games that are over 80, you buy games that are over 80 (assuming that means good). So 360 has the most games over 80 - 3 times as many as PS3.

      As a more complicated evaluation, you should not necessarily include cross platform in evaluating 360/PS3 unless there is a substantial difference in the games. This is what is bringing the 360 down - the cross platforms average higher than 80 - so if you remove them, PS3 will have even less games over 80 and possibly a lower percentage over 80.

      The crux of this is the number matters, not the percentage. There was a massive amount of shovelware for the PS1/PS2 - remember? But that didn't detract from GTA, etc.

  3. Re:US doesn't have real standard yet? by dan+the+person · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why is it that the US, which is one country, apparently has so much more trouble to deploy some decent standards than Europe, which is a pretty loosely held together bunch of countries which couldn't be more different from each other?

    Because the EU isn't afraid to regulate when the market fails its citizens?