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PS3 To Compete With Tivo?

By Robert | August 1, 2007

It has been mentioned before, but now Sony’s marketing manager for Computer Entertainment in New Zealand has apparently, and looks like he probably shouldn’t have, unveiled Sony’s intentions to turn the PS3 into a digital video recorder or Tivo like device. Sony’s marketing manager Warwick Light is quoted as saying in an interview with New Zealand’s The Press as saying, “We’re also hoping next year – about the same time that Freeview launches its terrestrial broadcasting service (expected to be in March) – to release a digital tuner for the PS3, turning it into a programmable TV recorder.”

This sounds like a great idea to me, but It just brings back the age old problem with the PS3. The lack of hard drive. With 80Gig and 120Gig drive available, it may sound like a lot, but when it comes to saving full length movie, and most likely a lot of them. I think it will fall a long way short. It will be a great addition, but I hope it isn’t the only upgrade they have planed for the PS3.

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