Today at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, Dish Network announced that it will launch a new application on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 this spring that will allow owners to use those systems as virtual Dish set-box boxes.

Of course, you'll need a Dish Hopper subscription to make use of the service.

The "Virtual Joey" app pledges to provide a "nearly identical" experience to the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR's hardware-based Joey, which allows users to watch live TV and recorded programs.

The software-based Virtual Joey clients will operate on PlayStation users' wireless or wired networks. Once installed, customers can operate the Virtual Joey on PS3 or PS4 using a Dish remote or DualShock controller.

If you're attending the 2014 CES this week, you can check out a demo of the Virtual Joey app at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Central Hall at booth #8243.

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Won't it take a lot of bandwith ?

Other than that great news =D

But but but but but only the Xbox One can be an entertainment center.

no clue, don't care personally.   i just think it's hilarious that it's coming to ps3/4 a dedicated games console and not the "total entertainment center"

i hope selnor posts.   ..and superchunk posts another "i was right" thread.  xD

Doesnt ps3 already have the Time Warner/XFINITY/Comcast apps? Theres like 1000 streaming apps for almost every provider on ipad/android/xbox/ps3/pc. Only thing that sucks about it is you cant get specialty channels(HBO/NHL/NFL/NBA) and even with a beast of a connection like mine, it still craps out quite a bit.

hahahahahahahaha *breathes* I can't believe MS let this happen before their incredible all in one box could get one up and running.

That depends on the compression they use. Most people are happy with 5mbps Netflix, which is comparable to 10mbps mpeg2. Most HD broadcasts are mpeg2 in the 7-15mbps range (at least from my cable provider). Even if they sent the original 15mbps mpeg2 stream that will hardly have an effect on your home wireless n network. (which operates between 130-150 mbps) The ps3 doesn't have wireless-n, but still supports upto 52mbps over wireless-g.

Not a problem.

As I understand it, this is an extender to your home dvr. Stuff you have recorded in the living room can be watched in other rooms via your home network. Something my cable provider likes to ask $13 a month for or $321 purchase per extender.

All cable providers will probably be going this route in the near future. DirecTV will probably do it as soon as their NFL contract runs out. And HBO already has HBO Go, so I expect other premium channels to start doing this too.

Thats cool. I have dish for now, but i wont in 6 moths. Then it back to netfix.