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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

    1. Re:Before anyone starts to complain by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Informative

      Before you start complaining about the US price vs the European prices, always remember to remove the VAT from the European prices. Why can't Europeans bother to remember such a simple thing? List prices in the US do not include tax.

      Fair point but Amazon is offering the PS3 60GB version for $499 in the USA and £399 in the UK.

      Take 17.5% off £399 and you get roughly £340 which, according to xe.com, is $683.

      You're looking at $680 vs $499 for exactly the same product - even without the VAT, we have every right to still complain.

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    2. Re:Before anyone starts to complain by Skapare · · Score: 4, Funny

      You should be paying Euros for the PS3, not USD.

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    3. Re:Before anyone starts to complain by Sj0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      To be fair, I have not heard many reports of people owning a PS3.

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  2. What's this about!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're the US, the greatest country on Earth!

    Why aren't we getting it first?

  3. 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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    1. Re:I gotta say by GeckoX · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, but we're just coming into the first real release season for the PS3. Over the next year that will change. People conveniently forget just how long the 360 has already been out for, and that many xBox games were released on the 360 instead of the xbox. Sony has NEVER had a lot of games out in the first year for a new console. Those that know this know that waiting another 6 months to a year will result in likely a cheaper console purchase, and more game options...and in the meantime, thoroughly enjoying the last and best games to be released on the PS2. (End of console lifecycle games are traditionally the best on sony consoles)

      Now, if there aren't lots of quality games to choose from by this time next year, there will be problems without a doubt.

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    2. 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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    3. Re:I gotta say by bateleur · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Nintendo had the "People want to play fun games and don't want to have to take out a loan to do so" attitude and they're winning.
      At least, they are if you're an investor.

      From a gamer's perspective, I'm a bit puzzled by the way everyone seems to love console wars. Personally I dislike exclusives. If they're on a console I own that leaves some of my friends unable to share in my enjoyment of the game. If they're on a console I don't own that's just annoying.

      The Wii's great for gaming in general, because it reminds people in the industry that actual gameplay matters. Unfortunately there are downsides too - by making what would once have been a custom peripheral into the standard controller, Nintendo ensure that most Wii games will never appear on other platforms. That's bad news for game studios, because it means less revenue per title. And anything that reduces the profitability of titles is ultimately bad for gamers too.

      But there is one lesson I really, really hope the other manufacturers take away from the Wii's success: keep the costs down!
    4. 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.

  4. The reasoning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being a half-assed blu-ray player is not enough to convince people to buy a PS3 so now they're trying to make it a half-assed Tivo too.

  5. So what is the PS3 again? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We keep hearing Sony about how the PS3 is the best game system, but so far the only arguments we hear are that it's a Blu-Ray movie player, a Linux computer and now it's also a PVR. Mind you, if the american PS3 had a PVR to begin with, maybe it wouldn't seem too expensive.

    Even as a non-Sony fanboy (I'm a Nintendo fanboy), I do wish Blu-Ray wins against HD-DVD, if only because this isn't a Sony-only attempt at pushing their own crap (Memory Stick, miniDisc, ATRAC, etc) but it's even better than HD-DVD in capacity (especially future potential capacity).

  6. Emacs! by alph0ns3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems like the PS3 is the new Emacs: It's a good all-around computer, the only thing missing is good games!

  7. "sony" -- Webstr explains by maztuhblastah · · Score: 5, Funny

    sony - v.

    1. To anger one's customer base in a flagrant manner. Ex: "2KGames really Sonyed us with that SecuROM stuff."

    2. To desperately seek relevance in a market in which your success is dwindling. Ex: "Did you hear that Sony's going to add a TV Tuner and DVR to the PS3?"
     

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  8. 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?