Gizmodo
Reason #1092 why Japan is way cooler than us: with the new PSP 3.80 update, Sony is offering DVR to every PSP that uses their optional 1seg (wireless digital video) tuner—think of as a completely wireless Archos. And the best part? While the PSP doesn't have the horsepower to record shows while you play games or surf the internet, it can record in Sleep Mode, meaning that keeping up with your favorite shows is feasible to battery life. And there are a few other decent updates as well.
RSS is getting a revamp and improvement, video clips will be searchable by scene and PSP Wi-Fi spots will start offering a few demos and wallpapers.
While Sony's recently gone on record that they are aiming to cut down on the amount of firmware updates they release, the PSP and PS3 are both quickly becoming multimedia powerhouses. If only the best functions were available in the US... [famitsu via kotaku]
Comments
are there any portable TV's in the US with ATSC digital tuners?
i easily pick up all the major networks, and several other channels with the digital tuner on my HDTV, using only very small antenna (one that could easily fit on a portable TV.
Must troll ebay for this item...
Surf the internet with a PSP? It's a joke. Play a game with that big thing on top? It's hard enough to hold it and squeeze the buttons without adding that to it. Besides, most folks don't even run factory firmware on their PSP. I bet this thing would only run with a factory ROM installed.
@Fountainhead: You've got to be kidding. If you have a hard time holding a PSP and squeezing the buttons, you either have tiny hands or a severe physical disability.
And plenty of us still use factory firmware. Not all of us find much use in the homebrew software to date, and there are plenty of other ways to play old games via emulation, both legally and illegally.
If this was available in the US, I'd be all over it.
@Andy S.:
I dunno, I had a 1st gen PSP for a month or so. Pressing the buttons made my hands start to ache... especially that stupid analogue "stick"
I love the PSP web browser. Checking fantasy scores on the shitter is one of life's little joys. Great display and navigation and decent speed. Right up there with the iPhone in my opinion.
@arkowi: The trouble is battery life. Though I haven't used the 1seg tuner, all the USB-key-sized ATSC tuners I've used get quite warm, so probably use a significant amount of USB power. (and probably processing power too, since they pass through HDTV.) The 1seg tuner doesn't need to process (and doesn't require the host to process) nearly as many bits - it's not HDTV.
@Fountainhead: i certainly wouldn't say "most folks". i suspect that actually the majority of psp owners not only have factory firmware, but have never even run a firmware update unless forced to do so and probably didn't even know there was such a thing up to that point. personally i have a 1st gen psp (bought day 2 of release week) with the factory firmware. i have very little interest in the homebrew stuff on either it or the ds.
i also like the psp browser, although parts of it (like text entry) are a bit clumsy. i'd put it with the iphone speedwise on a wifi connection but not with ease of use. while i'm not a giant fan of the psp control layout, i can't say it's ever made my hands hurt.
You missed the internet radio Giz.
@ark_v2:
half ass sony review on Giz.... say it ant so.
Ugh.. why cant we have these hear: (
I hope they can find a run around and come up with something to be used in the u.s
does it work well?
that does it, i'm learning japanese and moving there.
Start a discussion:
Login with your username and password below. Or comment on this post via email.
Forgot your username or password? New User?