Sony launches new PSX (PVR)
Switch's blog point's to Sony's new PSX (DESR-5700 and DESR-7700), a PVR which incorporates PS2 game functionality alongside the PVR functions. The new PSX really only has one new feature. TV content that has been saved to the PSX can be moved over to your PSP (via your Memory Stick Duo) for viewing on-the-go.
I'm disappointed though that Sony didn't add larger HDDs or other obvious upgrades. This feels much more like a .1 update than a 2.0 release if you want my honest opinion.
If Sony had launched the PSX outside of Japan, what features would you want to see in a PVR that also had PlayStation2 built in?
PSX with PSP Support [a bloglines blog]
Agree that it's a minor rather than major upgrade. The other "show-stopper" is that the encoding process for PSP-format movies takes up to 5x the playback time e.g. up to 5hrs per hour of video! In comparison, Panasonic's PVRs can encode to MPEG-4 on-the-fly.
More info on the PSX here:
http://www.techjapan.com/Article937.html
Posted by: Scott | March 16, 2005 at 02:24 AM
Sony needs to decide whether its content comapny or a CE company. If they don't, they will continue to see their ability to set standards diminish. It's like the PSP. It'll be huge, but only a fraction as big as it could have been if Sony adopted open standards and more relaxed DRM policies. Crazy...
Posted by: Alex Rowland | March 16, 2005 at 10:15 AM
i wonder how it will look.xbox doesnt have anything on ps2 o 3 and xbox scratched half of my games. everyyime i try to play my xbox something pops on the screen that says disc read error
Posted by: t | March 23, 2005 at 11:04 AM