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PlayTV walkthrough video

August 24, 2008 in Video comments 8

Stuff.tv has a walkthrough/reviewish video of Sony's PlayTV service up on the ol' utubes, and you can see it below.

The service is set for Europe and Australia only as of now, with other regions unlikely to see it due to differences in digital standards.

PlayTV is a twin-channel DVB-T tuner peripheral with digital video recorder (DVR) software which allows users to watch and record television programmes to the hard drive of a PlayStation 3 console for later viewing.

Hands on video review of Sony PlayTV for the PS3. Turn your PS3 console into a Freeview PVR. From Stuff.tv - the gadget guide.

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  • 1
    lord of vice city Aug 24, 08
    no psp support and no HD recording? omfg

    i just hope it can record while the ps3 is off (or atleast in standby) otherwise, i may give it a miss
    • 0
      Goldva_X Aug 24, 08
      Lol, no HD recording? This thing sucks. I'm sure people will stick to good 'ol Dazzle.
      • 1
        BlackLabel Aug 24, 08
        Why would it record in HD, freeview doesn't broadcast in HD currently. As soon as it does i am sure the PS3 will be patched in Europe to allow for HD recording.
  • 0
    Final Blade Aug 25, 08
    There isn't really any difference is digital standards in the U.S, they could easily make one ready to use there. Digital broadcast are being shut down in 09, and its only going to be satellite and Cable services iirc. But meh, I was exciting when I first heard this news a year ago, now Im not. It doesn't sound as great as I thought it would turn out.
    • 0
      Onvacation Aug 25, 08
      Digital broadcast is being shut off where you live? Geez that sucks to be you lot. Where i live in the UK. everyone is having good ol' analog shut down periodly across the nation forcing everyone to Move to digital D:
      • 0
        Shadow of Death Aug 26, 08
        Yeah, Final Blade got confused there. We're losing ANALOG signals (over wireless).

        The problem here, is that there are a lot of different services as far as TV entertainment goes. We don't have anything like that Freeview thing here (At least not in Canada) that I know of....
        • 0
          Final Blade Aug 29, 08
          Yes I did meant analog sadly I haven't been on gamegrep for several days to realize the mistake.
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    Newcloud Aug 25, 08
    this is wicked i hope it comes to ireland

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