DVR capabilities & Digital Tuner coming to the PS3 by March 2008

Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand boss Warwick Light told the press that sony is hoping to release a digital tuner for the PLAYSTATION 3, turning it into a DVR by first quarter of 2008. It should be launching with the New Zealand launch of Freeview, which is already available in the UK.

Man I would love this add-on, but I would want a bigger hard drive, lol. I would assume that the digital tuner would just be added via USB. Maybe more will be revealed at the Games Convention later this month.

The future according to Sony



  1. Henning Says:

    I wonder if it’ll be able to handle HD?

    Unfortunately, this won’t be a solution for me. In Canada, the government doesn’t care about CableCARD, so we are locked in to using our cable provider’s STB’s. :(

  2. Rjcc Says:

    I don’t really see the benefit here, unless its going to be able to be a dvr in the background, would I have to choose between during Lost and playing a game?

    the whole point of having a dvr is that I don’t have to choose.

    maybe for people who don’t have any dvr’s available in their market this makes sense, but I don’t see it

  3. tony Says:

    is the us ps3 a dvr

  4. Tosh Hatch Says:

    Sadly it is not. Europe gets it though.

    Only way to do it in North America is to install linux.

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