Sony Launch PSX

[PR.]

Just saw this, most of you will have probably already seen it.

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=gamers&id=11374

Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi revealed their new "Media Delivery Box" overnight in Tokyo. It contains a 120GB hard drive, DVD writer and the guts of the PS2 to make this a desirable piece of electronics

Certainly sounds like something I am interested in

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Yeah, sounds pretty nice, tivo with a dvd-r.

 

[leggy]

very nice.

Although they will have to shift their arses before the ps2 runs out of steam.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

This is more than likely meant to compete with the the Xbox 2 which MS have said is designed to be a media centre style affair.

 

[nath]

My xbox already is a media centre

Man, Bodhi is gunna spooge his pants :|

 

[Yaka]

wonder if this is compatible with the ps2 linux kit

 

[old.Fweddy]

Wonder if this is compatible with my bank account

 

[Yaka]

well i think they are saying it being close to £500 and there should also be a mid range and a high end home cinema amp to go with its looks

if it will be £500 then its dirt cheap for wot it is

 

[wolfeeh]

indeed

the only current dvd recorder and hard disk recorder around, made by panasonic, currently costs around £750 on its own, that's only got a 40 gig drive.

 

[Twaize]

Will it be WITH a PS2 or only the DVD and HDD recorder?

Cos if it is only DVD and HDD it will be somewhat cheaper!

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

What I've read so far suggests it'll have a ps2 inside, but that could very well change.

 

[bodhi]

It's not really aimed at the console market, it's more an all in one home entertainment box which can play PS2 and PSOne games aswell.

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

Thompson are selling a dvd harddisk recorder for £500, but whether you would choose this over panasonic is debatable

edit:- Pace are doing digital video recorders for £350 if you don't need the dvd. Thats £150 extra for the dvd, when they're now as cheap as £50. all in one boxes should be cheaper, not more expensive ffs .

 

[Yaka]

prices always go lower which they prolly will when the psx is released

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Originally posted by Happy Go Lucky
Thompson are selling a dvd harddisk recorder for £500, but whether you would choose this over panasonic is debatable

edit:- Pace are doing digital video recorders for £350 if you don't need the dvd. Thats £150 extra for the dvd, when they're now as cheap as £50. all in one boxes should be cheaper, not more expensive ffs .

Set top dvd recorder for £50. Show me this please

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

I meant dvd-players now cost as little as £50

 

[yankeedoodle]

its about time sony did somthing about the compromised PS2. I like the provisional look of the PSX (NOT the PS3 BTW).

However, i fear that having DVD-R capability its gonna be a pirates dream, as some bright spark will soon be able to play copied PS2 games on it, so maybe that isnt such a good idea?

(BTW thats maybe the reason why the limited edition green Xbox cant read DVD-R or DVD-RW, and also allegedly CR-R/RW, this differs from the 'normal' Xbox. Or maybe its just a different drive unit??)

 

[Krazeh]

You really do talk a lot of useless nonsense don't ya?

 

[yankeedoodle]

Originally posted by Krazeh
You really do talk a lot of useless nonsense don't ya?

hey someone has to! (see sentence above for useful contribution) ;-p