PlayStation 3 owners in Japan will get to choose between two 500GB external hard drives from Buffalo to use with the PS3’s upcoming DVR software. According to Andriasang:
PC hardware maker Buffalo is about to take new steps in official PlayStation licensing. The company announced today two external hard drives that have been granted official recognition from Sony. According to Buffalo, this is the first time Sony has granted licensing to hard drive peripherals, a move that comes in anticipation of March’s release of PS3’s “Torne” digital video recorder kit.
Although Torne is a huge step towards my dream console, I’m not sold on the USB 2.0 connection these hard drives will use. That’s more than enough bandwidth for SD recordings, but I’d worry about HD recordings. The likely scenario is the Torne will use the PS3’s considerable power for some aggressive compression. The other choice is leaving the data relatively uncompressed, in which case I’d worry about hiccups in the connection.
Are you ladies and gents interested in using your PS3 as a DVR?
not really, but ill still get it…lol
any word about pricing yet?
@thundercracker For the drives or the software?
sorry dude
how bout either?
@thundercracker The Torne software is 9,980 yen, while the hard drives are 14,800 for the model with the digital display and 11,800 for the vertical model.
So about 110 bucks for the software?? Can I use the internal HDD if I get the software?
@Smartguy Yes, but I would expect the American price — if it even comes here — to be adjusted for our economy. Our exchange rate with Japan has sucked for years. From what I understand, you can use an internal HDD.
buffalo software?
like the name
go bills!!! (sigh)
@Ray
I got that price from the current exchange rate. FYI.
@Thundercracker
Hey…you did go to 4 SBs in a row. That is amazing in of itself.
@thundercracker Yes, I figured you did that, but I'm saying a direct conversion doesn't matter. The local price would most likely be different.
@Ray
I would imagine but I'm not quite sure how tariffs/taxes work on digitally distributed software.
@Smartguy If it comes here, I'm just it would be published and marketed by a local company.