Siren 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Any view on this learned members? http://www.psx.sony.co.jp/ Apparently the price is really attractive, if you consider it is a combination of a hard disk DVD recorder and a play station Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Waaaaaaaaaay overpriced if ya ask me. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Yes, and all it is is a PS2 and a HDD recorder made to look real cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 Ender/Pie, Thanks for that. I thought it was a steal with 250GB and the PS2 and comes with it?! According to the advertisement, it is half of what I would have to pay if I buy them separately. Thanks, Siren Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 PS2 = $180US here 250GB HDD = $171US here I know, I know, those sites are American online sites, but you get the point. The PSX DESR-700 (250GB) retails for 99,800 Yen. That is almost 3 times the price. Crazy expensive. Hey Barok, isn't that how much you paid for your car in Nagano? Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 - really!? What 'car' is that? I was comparing the price with e.g. Sharp DV-HRD10 (180GB) - around 140k Panasonic DMR-E200H (160GB) - around 110k Sony PCV-W501B (120/160GB)- around 180k PS2 - around 20k Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 hdd dvd recorders are not the same thing as just a hard-drive... memory is cheap... hdd dvd recorders are not...they are still new and hot on the market, and from what Ive seen are pricey anywhere you look... so maybe that psx is not a huge rip-off afterall...but I cant say for sure... you are also going to pay for the all-in-one box too... danz Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 You're right danz. The HDD recorder I have the list price was 100,000 yen (I got it quite a bit cheaper than that). It's great. Got about 40 hours of space to record on in hi-q visuals. I like it. I like it a loッ! I don't know the specs of that PSX thing, but it doesn't sound too expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 It seems that you can't do any editing on the PSX which is not good. I'll see if I can get a brochure. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 sounds like a lot of dough to drop when sony is already well into development of PS3... Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 Should I wait? Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 PS3 will likely be announced at E3 in May. Look for a launch Xmas 2005. You wanna wait 2 years? I say screw PS2, buy an Xbox, mod it and use that to video game yourself to death (just ask Goemon and Mr.Sparky how much free time they have lately). What do you want to do with your PSX? Time shifting? Buy a TiVo here for $350US. 80GBs is fine for time shifting and TV recording. Does TiVo work in Japan? You might not get the directory service I guess, huh? Xbox= ￥1万円 HDD= ￥9000円 Mod Chip= $50 TiVo= $350 Almost 1/2 the price of the PSX. And the Xbox will play games from every game console ever made other than PS2, Game Cube, and Dreamcast. I don't know why am so against the PSX... I think I am just disgusted by any new consumer electronics product coming out based on a 3 year old video game console with a price tag that high. But if it is exactly what you are looking for and price isn't important than more power to ya. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 Ender, thanks for the info. I don't actually play game - it is more for my 'visitors'. The all-in-one package is what appeals to me. I try to keep the place simple and not having too many decks (and remote controls) around. I think the Japanese TiVo equivalent is Cocoon (http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/cocoon/)produced by Sony but as you can tell, electronic is really not one of my strong area Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Anyone seen anything of Gran Turismo 4? Supposed to look excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 The next PS another 2 years off. They're leaving it long arent they? I hears somewhere Nintendo might be leaving the hardware business this next time out, and jusr develop software for the machines out there is that right? Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Is the game machine inside that thing exactly the same as a bogstandard PS2? No upgrades or anything Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 GT4 looks fantastic. They had a demo up in a store recently with a few people getting to play it. Looking good. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Gran Turismo looks good and they're selling what is basically a "demo" of it for about 3000 yen from next week. Its called Prologue and not the full version, or so my understanding of it is. The the full blown version in March or something. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Value for money. And no discount if you buy the full version next spring. And both will sell truckloads. Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 GT 4 looks excellent, I had a go in a shop over the weekend. Sweet. Link to post Share on other sites
metroid256 0 Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Looks like a ripoff to me. Stalling for time. Link to post Share on other sites
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