PlayTV: View, Record & Rewind TV

[Accordion]

This type of thing annoys me, as when you look back, the UK and all PAL areas get the shaft when it comes to game releases, delays and other stuff like that. America and Japan come first. But then as soon as one app or game or whatever comes out for the EU market first before the US, you guys moan and say how unfair the release is. Im sure some other TV Service/Reciever for the PS3 will come to America in due course.

(OK Rant over)

Looks cool, may finally be able to get Digital TV in my room as Freeview doesnt cover my area.

if you dont recieve freeview in your area then this will be useless to you.

as far as i know this is not just a recorder, it is a reciever, containing dual DVB-T aerials. this doesnt take any input other than that which a regualr tv aerial does, so it will not record any source only "freeview"

If you dont recieve "freeview" then this device will not receive any signal.

[F9zDark]

I see, it doesn't work on a standard cable. So of course it work work in the US. But Sony can just as easily make it a cable TV tuner for the US PS3 owners and be done. It will work just fine.

[reakt]

This type of thing annoys me, as when you look back, the UK and all PAL areas get the shaft when it comes to game releases, delays and other stuff like that. America and Japan come first. But then as soon as one app or game or whatever comes out for the EU market first before the US, you guys moan and say how unfair the release is. Im sure some other TV Service/Reciever for the PS3 will come to America in due course.

(OK Rant over)

Looks cool, may finally be able to get Digital TV in my room as Freeview doesnt cover my area.

I second that! I'm in Europe. I had to pay twice as much for the pleasure of owning a PS3 (compared to the US prices) and I had to wait a long time before it came out over here! Also, I have to pay more for games, and again I wait for longer before they are released (in many cases). Now finally, Sony treats Europe to an exclusive and I am over the moon! So stop whining, all you people in the USA!

[reakt]

if you dont recieve freeview in your area then this will be useless to you.

as far as i know this is not just a recorder, it is a reciever, containing dual DVB-T aerials. this doesnt take any input other than that which a regualr tv aerial does, so it will not record any source only "freeview"

If you dont recieve "freeview" then this device will not receive any signal.

With a decent aerial and amplifier anybody in the country can receive freeview! I had to have a new aerial fitted on a 10 foot high mast to get it. So the initial outlay was expensive (150quid). However, I've nothing more to pay (and I'm content with just the free channels) so it works out a lot cheaper than sky or cable!

[F9zDark]

I second that! I'm in Europe. I had to pay twice as much for the pleasure of owning a PS3 (compared to the US prices) and I had to wait a long time before it came out over here! Also, I have to pay more for games, and again I wait for longer before they are released (in many cases). Now finally, Sony treats Europe to an exclusive and I am over the moon! So stop whining, all you people in the USA!

Whining? Sure I don't believe its fair that Sony has consistently shafted its european customers. But for a device slated as the one and only media hub for the home, releasing a DVR type device in one country and not another is completely stupid.

How does Sony expect the PS3 to replace the horde of media components in one's living room when they release something that maybe 20% of the customers in their global market can use?

[Accordion]

Whining? Sure I don't believe its fair that Sony has consistently shafted its european customers. But for a device slated as the one and only media hub for the home, releasing a DVR type device in one country and not another is completely stupid.

How does Sony expect the PS3 to replace the horde of media components in one's living room when they release something that maybe 20% of the customers in their global market can use?

the actual device isnt that useful. you call it a DVR, which is only correct if those letters stand for: Digital Video Receiver.

[F9zDark]

the actual device isnt that useful. you call it a DVR, which is only correct if those letters stand for: Digital Video Receiver.

Does it not record the videos and movies to the HDD? I thought that was part and parcel with the device.

[Accordion]

Does it not record the videos and movies to the HDD? I thought that was part and parcel with the device.

the PS3 does the recording, the extra hardware is a DVB-T receiver.
Upon inspection the device is pointless to the majority of consumers; in europe if you have a PS3, you most likely have a HDTV or at least something of a decent spec. If you have a HDTV and a PS3 then i would assume you have some sort of additional TV subscription, with all modern services offering HDD recording as standard.
A DVB receiver is only useful to those without one, and that would mean either a TV of considerable age or of undesirable spec [15 inch].

The real value[to be determined on price of course] is the ability to output direct to PSP. Though there are various memory stick recorders on the market already.

[F9zDark]

I found this on the official PS boards. Others might find this interesting.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/live-from...?autoplay=true

[Accordion]

For £40-£60 i would consider this as a purchase, but only for the PSP wireless tv uses.

Personally the idea of watching TV through another piece of hardware isnt appealing. If i want to watch tv i will turn my tv on, its that simple. If i wanted to record to watch later i would record to SKY+ and save my PS3 HDD space for all those game installations such as Resitance maps, Motorstorm tracks, UT3, Warhawk, and 1GB+ demos.

i guess having a laptop with triple the HDD space, + external 300GB and output to HDTV is always going to beat another method of watching video in my home. For around £90 you can get a PCI tv tuner and export to as many things you like.