Sony rules out Cell processors in TVs

Exclusive: Toshiba might be planning to shove the PS3’s Cell processor inside their next-gen TVs, but Sony thinks its a step too far, ruling out TVs with a PlayStation brain any time soon.

“At the moment we’re not looking at cell in TV,” explained Tim Page, Sony’s technology marketing manager. “The PS3 is a full on video processing machine. When we start streaming to the TV with DLNA, we might need more power, but at the moment it’s a ‘no’.”

Meanwhile, Toshiba has proudly shown off the Cell’s fancy processing in a prototype upscaling TV, as well as its latest laptops, which use the chip for speedy video processing and HD playback.

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