Not a hairbrained thought at all, Koyann. Europeans are capable of using the PS3 and it�s upscaling abilities to watch free tv and simultaneously use it as a DVR if wanted. Puts out 1080. Even more impressive, they can use the portable playstation to watch their dvr content or live tv from anywhere with a wi-fi connection. Google �play tv� if you want to check it out, it�s interesting stuff. Not available in the U.S., something to do with signal format or something. Probably bureaucratic crap preventing it from coming here.
We�ve been happy with ps3�s upscaling/picture improvement abilities. Older dvd players on the same hdtv make dvds look almost as bad as standard def cable tv. Ps3 makes these same discs look MUCH better. I�d love to figure out how to get my cable box running thru it, but don�t think it�s possible. Not yet anyways.