Tech Review

This article on Gamespot says that the new, slimmer PSP will get a TV tuner. It only works in Japan right now, but you know how it is in capitalism-supply and demand and all that. It'll be here eventually.

I think it's a good idea. The PSP already functions as a Wi-Fi enabled web browser (although it's torture without a keyboard), primitive PDA, movie and music player, and, of course a game platform. As it stands now, however, movies for the PSP are expensive and ripping your DVDs to the PSP can be a pain.

Being able to view something on your PSP without prior preparation can be a very nice thing.

If my son were able to catch an episode of YuGiOh in the back seat of the minivan, let's say, it could cause a chain reaction that would begin with allowing his siblings to travel un-tortured (or un-enhanced-interrogated), making them quiet, thereby, which would then provide for a peaceful trip for his father, and, finally, get his mother of his father's back for yelling. And that's the nice thing.

It could be a blessing for those adults who prefer television to magazines too. It'd be much better to watch TV on a PSP than a cell phone and if you don't mind what non-geeks think, PSP TV can be a convienient thing to whip out in waiting rooms and long lines. If universal health care passes, everybody'll be carrying one.

This could be a good idea.