PS3 to receive tuner, DVR capabilities before March 2008
By Thomas Ricker 
posted August 1st 2007 5:53AM
posted August 1st 2007 5:53AM
It's been rumored before, now Sony's marketing manager for Computer Entertainment in New Zealand has apparently, and likely pre-emptively, unveiled Sony's intentions to turn the PS3 into a digital video recorder. Sony's Warwick Light is quoted 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." Sure, why not, but we're going to need a hell of a lot more than 80GB or 120GB of storage to make that thing useful for HD recordings.[Via gi]
Just like anything else the PS3's day will come. Everyone said the PS1 would fail just as naysayers kept saying the PS2 would fail. I'm buying a PS3 this wednesday and as fall approaches buy a 250GB notebook drive (possibly the scorpio) to go in it. It hasn't been out as long as the 360 so of course it hasn't had a chance to shine in the gaming department, but that's all going to become a moot point pretty soon. DVR would be a great addition and I will look forward to it. I just don't feel like giving Mr. Gates anymore of my money I suppose. Doesn't he have enough already?