As hard as it is to believe, because you know Sony loves their intitialed descriptions, the upcoming PS3 DVR add-on is apparently going to let you record things DRM-free. Even better, the recordings will be done in the relatively open MPEG-2 video forma,t, allowing for easy cross-platform compatability. This means you’ll be able to record your late night Skinemax and easily transfer it to your iPod Touch for the morning commute! Yay, technology!

Mark Bunting, a producer at Sony’s Cambridge Studio, which is working on the software for the PlayTV device, showed how the MPEG-2 video files could be moved from the PlayTV interface to the PS3’s home menu.

From there, they can be moved to another storage device such as a memory stick, backup hard drive or PC. There is no copy protection in place and no time limit on how long the recording can be kept. Asked what you could do with the file Bunting said: “Anything you like, really, as long as you do it legally. It’s in its raw format.”

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