The PS3 will soon be a DVR

[Nation]

Earlier today Sony announced it will soon be releasing Torne, a small add-on to the PS3 that turns it into a digital video recorder. The Torne kit consists of a small DVR unit that plugs into the PS3 via a USB cable, as well as a Blu-Ray disc to install the necessary software to the PS3 hard drive. This Torne software, designed by Sony's own game development staff, allows you to browse, view, and record TV programs to the PS3's hard drive or another external USB hard drive. While one program is recording you can watch another program, watch a Blu-Ray movie, play a game, or whatever else it is kids do with the XMB these days.

If you plug your PSP into the PS3, you can use remote play to control the video with the PSP, or you can even convert any recorded videos to the PSP's native resolution and copy it to your PSP. The movies can be copied to a Memory Stick Duo or the internal memory of A PSP Go.

Torne will be coming to Japan sometime in March, for ¥9,980, and Sony will also be bundling it with a 250 GB PS3 for ¥42,800. This bundle will be forever known as the PlayStation 3 Chi-Digi Recorder Pack. Release dates for other territories have not yet been announced.


It only does everything.

 

[Toddy]

That seems like a awesome idea as I love the DVR I already have but this would be a lot more convienient.

 

[JurassicBonez]

Holy shit! Sony is stepping up big time. Technology is amazing.

 

[This Guy]

hmmm, why is when I read this I think "X-Box 360 HD DVD Player Add On" I'm not saying that its not a cool feature and if its cheaper then buying an actual PVR since I already have a PS3 & an 1TB External Harddrive then I'll admit I'd buy it too. But if its one thing history has taught us about video gaming, is the # of extra features your system does besides video games doesn't win the war, especially if there add ons.