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PlayStation 3 to Get DVR and TV Tuner

by Tim Stevens on August 1, 2007 at 12:11 PM

Sony has always talked about the PlayStation 3 (PS3) dominating your home entertainment center. While all its plans haven't exactly come to fruition, the company might be finally getting somewhere. Sony recently indicated that the company hopes to release a digital TV tuner for the console sometime before spring of next year. The tuner would be augmented by some DVR/Tivo-like functionality, meaning you might finally have something to do with all that disk space. Presumably the tuner will handle HDTV, given the PS3's impressive video specs, but we don't know for sure yet.

There's no word yet on any other details, cost, or just exactly how the PS3 will handle this role, but given the thing sucks down about 200 watts of electricity when turned on and sitting idle, compared to 40 watts for your average Tivo, we're thinking the PS3 has the potential to be the least economical DVR ever.

From Engadget


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Tags: DVR, PlayStation 3, Playstation3, Sony

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