PS3 Torne

By Macross January 15th, 2010

Sony has announced that they will be launching a digital video recorder (DVR) called “Torne”, in Japan this week.

The Torne (similar to the PlayTV DVR in Europe) connects to your PS3 via a USB cable. It’s got an easy to use interface and the possibility to record shows with a timer function. Shows are recorded to the PS3’s hard drive, or can also be stored on an external hard drive if you don’t have enough space on the internal drive.

Torne will automatically record pre-programmed content in Stand-by Mode, during game play or when using the XMB (XrossMediaBar).

Users can control control the program guide via the DualShock 3 controller.

Finally, users can transfer recorded content to a Memory Stick Pro Duo or Memory Stick Micro to view on the Blu-ray disc application to initiate DVR functionality.

The Torne will retail Japanese consumers ¥9,980 (872 ZAR) and will go on sale this March. There will also be a bundle available which includes a 250GB PS3 and the Torne for ¥42,800 (3736 ZAR). However there is no news on whether this will be released in other countries.

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6 Comments

Azraelz (Reply) on January 15th, 2010

Me! Me!
Pick me!
Give one to me!
I want!
easy (Reply) on January 15th, 2010

doubt it will work in sa, if you are dstv subscriber that is. they have made it impossible to access the epg which will make a product like this useless.

thanks multichoice :P
- Macross (Reply) on January 16th, 2010
  
  You serious???
  - easy (Reply) on January 16th, 2010
    
    unfortunately, unless something’s changed, which is highly doubtful.
    
    if you want pre-programmed recordings, dstv’s pvr is the only way to go.
    of course you could still do it manually, but whats the point.
riezo (Reply) on January 21st, 2010

There is a similar product for the PS3 called PlayTV that was launched a while ago in Europe.

I was thinking about getting myself one, until I was told that it wouldnt work here either. It would be great having a PVR capable PS3, but THIS IS SOUTH AFRICA.

Special thanks to ICASA for damning us to so few choices.
Macross (Reply) on January 21st, 2010

I think we will always trail behind the first world consumers with choices, a sad fact.