PS3 to Act as Digital Video Recorder?

PS3 Evolution writes "Ars Technica has some new info regarding the PS3 and PSP Connectivity, and explores claims that the console will be a Digital Video Recorder." From the article: "An 'accessory' for the PSP is going to be a device that can connect to the PS3 for interactive gaming, video sharing, and probably music synchronization. Think about it: you're Sony, and you have the PSP. The device is in the same price league as the iPod (although storage is more expensive), and the screen is better. You're also a content owner with fingers in movies, music, and television. Sony's efforts to-date with UMD offerings are only the opening salvos for the company. How do you go after iPod-like success? Like the iPod that is tethered to a computer, the PSP will be tethered to a PS3." Take with the usual recommended amount of salt.

LocationFree

[BarryNorton]

Old news - the technology's called LocationFree [sony.com], the LocationFree player was already included [playstation.com] in PSP firmware 2.5, as was already reported here [slashdot.org], with the PS3 as PVR story repeated too many times to even bother pointing you there.

Re:Smells like

[BarryNorton]

*sniff sniff* Vaporware to me

I'm using PSP audio streaming right now and could be using video streaming if I weren't waiting to see what the new version of the hardware, integrated with the PS3, looks like (i.e. the software client's already rolled out)...

Re:They also said that the PS3 would be a grid sys

[SScorpio]

The information about the PS3s working in a grid was just the system designer throwing out his crazied dreams like normal. He has good idea that could create an incredible product, but he doesn't always stick around in reality on what is even possible.

As for stopping a game to record tv. If the system is anythign like the PSX (the PS2 /w DVR that was Japanese only on the original release of the PS1) then the DVR will be a seperate system function and the recording will happen at the same time you play games without any loss of framerate or anything like that.