Rumors about the new Microsoft console run fast on the web and here's another: the emergence in the 27 December Microsoft has registered with the u.s. Patent Office a patent for a mechanism of digital video recorder (DVR) included in a gaming console. This device would allow the user to record TV programs on the hard disk, DVD, music and gaming sessions online and offline. It seems that the device can record TV programs while you are playing.

It is granted then think that this patent may be recorded in view to the inclusion of a similar feature on the next Xbox; After all, thanks to all the latest Xbox 360 updates, has turned into a real multimedia center and might make sense to include a DVR in the next console. There is to say, however, that often a patent requires years to see a practical application, so all to see.