“it’s not a bad deal” might apply if you are looking for a DVR with Blu-Ray, but assuming you aren’t interested in BR (which is a fair assumption at this point) then you can get a stand-alone DVR for much less than this.

If you were really into the MythTV route, you could still build a suitable (and smaller, if you used EPIA motherboards and such) machine for less. Which could still be updated with a BR or HD-DVD drive down the line, once they become more reasonably priced.

I suppose it is cool from a technical point of view, but I would personally say that paying $600 for a game console only to turn it into a DVR is quite a waste of money, and highly impractical.

“Hey! Let’s play Resistance! Oh…wait, the PS3 is recording Numb3rs…”

Posted at 2:02 pm on Jan 19th, 2007 by TJ

I want blu-ray, so your assumptions are wrong.

Posted at 12:32 am on Jan 20th, 2007 by Thomas

You know, this was inevitable. But I’d do it. Myth consumes little CPU power, especially with a hardware encoder. Right now I have it running on a Celeron 600. The additional downtime on the Cell BE would be wonderful for someone like me who needs additional STATIONARY processing power. This is the only thing that makes me want a PS3, and I mean WANT.

Posted at 1:10 am on Jan 23rd, 2007 by Kichigai Mentat

Sorry, just to tack on to my previous comment (if a mod combined these two, I wouldn’t complain), but who said the PS3 had to be a back-end to Myth? Towards the middle of its life, my XBox was heavily used as a MythTV front-end. Since the back-end was a separate machine, I could always reboot it when I wanted to play a game. No reason you can’t go the same route with the PS3. I mean, a back-end would give you more freedom, like High Definition capturing, additional storage, and the ability to make better use of your PS3.

Posted at 1:14 am on Jan 23rd, 2007 by Kichigai Mentat

You know, for me it doesn’t look expensive… Suppose it’s not worth of such money… I don’t like it!

Posted at 5:42 pm on Jan 25th, 2007 by Little bear

Isnt there a cheaper option than the Plextor ConvertX? Its pretty expensive and i already have a ps3. Im 14 by the wy so it’s actually really expensive.

Posted at 1:00 pm on May 9th, 2007 by Tom

i heard that sony loses $200 every time a ps3 is sold so if you use a ps3 as a pc or dvr, ure getting a pretty good deal

Posted at 11:09 am on Jun 28th, 2007 by Hxxr1337

I want to hook my PS3 to a recordable Panasonic DVD player so I can record movies played on the PS3, is this possible? and how?

Posted at 7:22 am on Mar 22nd, 2009 by Mishel