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    psp A look at Sony's Portable TV service for PSP

    News from Japan Chronicles.com

    Chances are that you first heard rumors about Sony’s Portable TV service (P-TV) for the Playstation Portable when the 2.0 firmware was first released. With H.264 support came news of a new service starting in Japan where PSP owners would be able to download video content directly to their Memory Sticks. Today the service is up and running, albeit with a slightly flawed business model. Read on to find out why and see examples of how it works.

    Portable TV – what is it?
    It’s a service where registered users can download video content formatted for PSP directly to it. Some content is free, most will cost you a few hundred yen to download. Here comes the flawed part, the download is DRM-protected, and you only have a limited time in which to watch your download, after that you will have to pay up again. The time allowed ranges from 5 to 30 days on most downloads.

    The video format varies from standard 4:3 to glorious, native resolution 16:9 for newer content. Presumably, the files you can download here are digitally signed to bypass the native resolution limitation. And it looks good!

    The service requires you to run at least firmware version 2.60, so if you for certain reasons want to hold on to that 1.5 one, you’re out of luck. If you don’t have a wireless network at home, you can also connect a USB cable from your PC and download it directly to the PSP that way.

    Payment is by credit card that you register when you first sign up for the service. While there are a few things that could appeal to a Western audience, you’ll need a valid Japanese mailing address to be able to sign up for the service.

    full info --> http://www.japanchronicles.com/artic...ervice-for-psp

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    woohoo!! now aint that something, tv on your PSP.

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    What a bloody con. "Heres a video you just paid for! But you can only watch it for 5 days."

    All we need is to be able to stream audio and video and sites like orb.com will make the PSP experience so much better.

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    ripp off tv shows a free and the pmp videos are real good so who needs this. make better games i can ripp my own tv shows and movies.

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    yea sounds just a wee bit dodgy

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    thats a con. y would you only want 2 watch it for 5 days?

    any news on a european network?

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