This PS5 accessory turns the console into a DVR — but there's a catch

This PS5 accessory turns the console into a DVR — only there's a catch

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Once upon a time the PS3 had an add-on called Nasne, which acted every bit both a TV Tuner and DVR. Well, Nasne is coming back from the dead for the PS5, but simply in Japan. So no, you won't be able to swap your cablevision box for a PS5.

That'southward according to Engadget Nihon who are reporting that a 2TB DVR is on the way. It's just fabricated by a different company this fourth dimension.

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The original PS3 DVR was called Torne and kickoff debuted in 2010. Information technology was followed by the Nasne ii years later, with a number of upgrades like a built-in difficult drive and streaming media support. Nasne was also uniform with the PS4 for a time, earlier being discontinued in 2019. But now it's dorsum, and now it's in the hands of Buffalo.

The design doesn't seem to have inverse very much since the olden days, and then it nevertheless looks similar to a miniature PS3. That said, it does come with a storage boost, with a 2TB hard drive built in and back up for upward to 6TB of external storage. In other words, there's plenty of room for people to relieve their favorite movies and shows.

The new Nasne still acts as a network storage device equally well. Letting you lot watch all your saved Boob tube and video via the torne app. You just demand to be connected to the same network while you lot practise it. This too means information technology doesn't necessarily need to be connected to a PlayStation console. That's helpful, considering how hard it is to find where to purchase PS5 consoles these days.

The new Nasne box is due for release at the end of March, and will price 29,800 yen (effectually $273). Obviously, it'south but going on sale in Japan, and there'south no telling whether it will work in the U.Due south.

Y'all're also going to have to expect a while earlier you watch your recorded shows on the PS5. While Sony has confirmed the torne app is coming to its latest console, it'southward not scheduled for release until the end of this year. It should still be playable on your older consoles, including the PS4 and smart devices running the torne app.

I have to say that information technology is a little ironic that news of the new Nasne arrives ane week after Microsoft announces it volition be suspending all of the Xbox Ane's Idiot box functions.

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