Clemens Kirchgatterer wrote: > i can see many of us are seeking for the right hardware for vdr, so i > am. i want to start some discussion about the upcoming Sony PS3 as an > vdr client on steroids. as it will support linux out of the box, it > seams logical to, at least, think about it. i came to the following > pro/contra list: > > pro: it supports HD (and Blue-Ray), is small and living room ready, > comes with linux, has powerful CPU, you get a gameconsole for free ;-) > > contra: gets hot, likly DRM locked in some regards, it's a sony > > the last point may be even not so bad, as sony loses money on each > selled device. > > so what do others think about this idea? anything i have not thought > about that makes it even impossible to run vdr (or some other softdevice > client) on the PS3? I'd say the only downside of the Linux support kills it as a VDR platform. Graphic is NOT accelerated. That's the only downside i'm aware of, and i can understand Sony a little in this point. Otherwise all game developers could just skip paying licensing royalties and just develop for Linux@PS3. -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
