PlayTV in action!

  • Posted January 18th, 2008 at 18:05 EDT by
  • 36 Comments

Today, Sony released the first video of PlayTV in action on the PlayStation 3 in a promotional advertisement. PlayTV will allow PlayStation 3 owners, if they buy the required add on, to watch and record live TV. You will be able to watch TV in both Standard Definition and High Definition.

PlayTV will also feature an Electronic Program Guide, which will show you what is on TV up to seven days ahead in certain countries.

This does look pretty simple; and you can even watch live TV on your PlayStation Portable.

PlayTV was first announced at the Game Convention in Leipzig last Summer, along with a possible early 2008 release in UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. The other countries in Europe would follow throughout the year.

Just a week ago UK retailer Play.com listed PlayTV on their website, with a release date of March 28th. The price was going to be £99.99. However, a few hours later the item release date and price were removed from the website. Sony is yet to make a comment on the release date and price point. Up till now PlayTV has only been announced for Europe. We will keep you up to date on the PlayTV.

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  1. incredibilistic

    • 6:08pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 1

    My guess is that we'll get this once all TV's switch over to digital in 2009. Otherwise, we'll just have to wait for Sony to catch up with XBLM and start offering downloadable movies and TV shows.

  2. Daz | miami2399

    • 6:27pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 2

    Why wait, most have converted already. They just broadcast both. I hope you can plug in other devices like sat boxes. I dont use an off-air antenna and dont know many people that do. Maybe I'll put one up if not. This gives the PS3 yet another advantage over the competition.

  3. DeadOnArrival06 | DeadOnArrival06

    • 6:36pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 3

    Any announcement of this coming to the US?

  4. Staude | Staude

    • 6:53pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 4

    Nice!

  5. Righteous

    • 7:02pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 5

    in asia a lot of people are still using aerial antennae, this is great for them

  6. marronthered | MarrontheRed

    • 7:04pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 6

    oh my god, europe gets something before the rest of the world?????well its about time!!! lol this looks ace i cant wait to get it - im regretting trading in my psp now for sure!!  more kudos for the ps3 over the xbox360 woop

     

  7. DnA19

    • 7:07pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 7

    sound nice, but how about being able to download the stored recorded program of the ps3 to your pro duo card, for the psp. this would be great, record movies, then store to psp, no need for wifi signal.

  8. Alpha2

    • 7:19pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 8

    Technically if you have a location free player you can do this already with a Tivo and a cable box. My coworker today was showing me how he was able to watch cable at work on his PSP as well as any shows that were on his DVR right there on the spot.

     

    I mean granted this cuts out a bunch of machines but assuming you have the main ones a DRV a Cable box and the Location Free player you can already do what Play TV is offering without a PS3.

  9. dftstyles | dftstyles

    • 7:20pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 9

    So in order to watch tv now, I have to turn on my ps3. what a waste of energy.

    But I actually might pick this up. aha.

  10. psn_frov | frov

    • 7:25pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 10

    But no announcement on when the US gets it....but hey Europe got something ahead of everyone else for once

  11. gingo | gingo

    • 7:28pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 11

    psn id: gingo.... i would definitely like this but i'm not willing to pay 100 quid for this

  12. Legend-SAM | Legend-SAM

    • 8:28pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 12

    i'm definitely getting this! if im in my room and the tv is downstairs all i hav to do is press a few buttons

  13. Lp47PS3 | Lp47

    • 8:32pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 13

    sweet, i love remote play so this would be a nice addition. Hope it comes to US soon.

  14. SlimDan22 | SlimDan22

    • 8:45pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 14

    I really wish sony would have put a usb plug in the back of the ps3

    to me seeing a wire plugged into the front all the time might be annoying

    but im a neat freak lol

  15. chilledbreeze7

    • 9:08pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 15

    OMG How super cool is this. Makes me want to get a PSP now as well!!! And at last a simple and effective straight forward advert, not like the stupid & bizarre surreal ones.

  16. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 10:04pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 16

    Yeah I think 1st poster has a point, perhaps late in 2009-early 2010 for this feature because this is relatively a big thing. A new form of tivo I guess.

  17. Deldwen | Deldwen1

    • 11:02pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 17

    what cant the ps3 dooo..... it cann doooooo soooooo mmuch that why not buy one??? i mean theres no subsription??? y do ppl call it gay... and dumb... it can do every thing... whats so bad about having better grafs and better features... THIS IS AMAZING!!

  18. GunTeng

    • 11:29pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 18

    This does add so much more to the PS3/PSP combo.

    The only draw back to any of this is that it connects via USB & this will be a nuisance to quite a few people or at the very least unsightly.

    I never really cared about the USB ports being at the front, but I think this device will make that difference a little bit of an inconvenience.

  19. shaka | Shaka

    • 11:41pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 19

    GoCam and PlayTV wow Sony i want them now.

  20. djrussell | djrussell89

    • 11:57pm GMT - January 18th, 2008
    • 20

    Sounds awesome...  March 28th couldnt come soon enough.

  21. sony1978a | Aked

    • 12:36am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 21

    i am in Australia, its nice,but i allready have Foxtel with Foxtel IQ i can do almost all that,but not the PSP think.So when this  coming to australia and when it comes wil it work with Foxtel?

  22. Motoken

    • 2:19am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 22

    i'm going to need a bigger hard drive! ...if it comes to the US

  23. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 2:36am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 23

    My HDD space gets sucked up with demos fast enough as is.  Luckily (for me) the US won't be getting it soon.  Not that streaming media to the PSP is fast enough anyway to not lag. 

  24. H3LiX

    • 2:59am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 24

    I SERIOUSLY dont understand why both Sony and Microsoft are venturing into such projects. It's simply a freeview box thats plugged in through your PS3 at the end of the day :/ You can buy freeview boxes that record and playback anyway.

    I pay for Sky+ so I'm certainly not interested in this at all.

    They're clearly not sure about the £99.99 price point, which is DAMN right. £99.99 for a slightly glorified freeview box that can play HD "freeview" channels (are there any?)

  25. AntFarm

    • 4:23am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 25

    Im living in Japan and im hoping the service is availble here too!!! Anyone know?

  26. Dragon-slayer87 | Dragon-Slayer87

    • 4:29am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 26

    hope it's possible to use the UK playTV device in other locations in EU

  27. A_Ninja | Arabia_Ninja

    • 6:37am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 27

    i will buy it on its release date >>>> so cool

  28. killercop | killercop

    • 7:37am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 28

    Niiiicee...

  29. French | French

    • 9:31am GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 29

    This is a great feature and I will definitely get it when it comes to the U.S., at least Sony is smarter than Microsoft in the fact they don't appeal to only hard-core FPS gamers.

  30. Bedsidelee

    • 3:42pm GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 30

    The games have certainly been below par, but great media player i haven't stopped downloading divx movies brilliant.

  31. BlackRoseAngel | BlackRoseAngel

    • 8:30pm GMT - January 19th, 2008
    • 31

    So, when does it appear here in America? It says all about foreign contries but what about us???

  32. DAVID-REARDON | DAVID-REARDON

    • 4:41am GMT - January 20th, 2008
    • 32

    kinda cool

  33. Soviet-Messiah | Soviet-Messiah

    • 8:12pm GMT - January 20th, 2008
    • 33

    MMMMMM Sci-FI Channel on the PSP.......... Forbidden Donuts (Drool). hope it comes to America

  34. jockamo

    • 12:40am GMT - January 21st, 2008
    • 34

    Awesome.  Can't wait!

  35. Wyverex | Wyverex

    • 7:14am GMT - January 21st, 2008
    • 35

    All well and good, and yes it is very tempting, but can I plug my SKY box into it? Where I live doesn't get Freeview so at the moment the only way I can watch digital TV is by being a SKY customer, and Freeview doesn't get some of the channels (actually, quite a lot of the channels!) that show the TV shows that I want to watch - like Lost, Prison Break, Heroes (ok so I could wait until BBC2 show it but why would I want to wait when I can watch it on Sci-Fi?) etc etc. Otherwise, it is pretty damn cool. ;)

  36. encryptioncsta | csta

    • 5:32pm GMT - February 6th, 2008
    • 36

    only thing is guys hardly no one will b able to use this coz u need the device connected to the tv aerial and then from the box to the ps3 using usb how can we do tht if our consoles R in diffrent rooms coz iknow my aerial is in the living room plugged into my living room tv with sky so i cnt even get this nw this is ahuge problem unless usb its wireless to the ps3

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