PlayTV to release on September 19
- Posted August 12th, 2008 at 16:35 EDT by
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Was PlayTV starting to feel a little bit like Home to some? It always felt as though the featured add-on would never get here; however, Eurogamer is reporting that the official release date is September 19. While David Reeves may have confused gamers with his statements of the item delivering by September 10 at the retail pricing of £78, it seems we'll be waiting just a tad bit longer.
On the positive side of the ordeal though, PlayTV will not cost buyers £78 as the currently revealed price point is a slimmer £69.99.
For those of you that are unaware of the item, PlayTV gives PlayStation 3 owners the opportunity to watch and record freeview channels in either SD or HD. They'll be given this ability whether they're playing a game or not and can even record two channels at one time.
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CrapFactory |
CrapFactory- 4:45pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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@ hyperslug
And now you can record both of them!
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BlueRevolvuR |
BlueRevolvuR- 4:45pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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i want tis to come to the U.S. i dont even have tivo or dvr yet cuz of the monthly fee.
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DeadOnArrival06 |
DeadOnArrival06- 4:49pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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Any Talk of this coming over to the US. I'd love something like this.
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mixpix7212 |
DeadOnArrival06- 4:54pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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i would love this but what is freeview??
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Odium_Generis_Humani
- 5:40pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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American here. I gotta tell ya, that sounds real nice. I'd pay the money. I can't be jealous though, I definatey have seen Euro-gamers get the shaft all year.
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chilledbreeze7
- 5:54pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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I might be wrong, but as far as I know Freeview channels only come in SD?!?!
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lurkingshadow89 |
DEATH555666- 6:05pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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they do except for people with HD tuners added to the TV's. Most HDTVS get HD and SD Freeview.
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joeyjoejoeshababadoo
- 8:46pm BST - August 12th, 2008
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so gay, how does the US not get this.. I mean seriously there struggling to push sales, this would be perfect especially how everything is going digital in 2009.
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hesmanes |
hesmanes- 5:19am BST - August 13th, 2008
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yeah your right but your not having to pay a monthly subscription are you.
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yeah your kinda right but i read somewhere that sony have been working with the bbc and they said the test signals that they have been receiving from them are amazing when it comes to pic quality
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lidders |
lidders- 6:00am BST - August 13th, 2008
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I pre-ordered one of these from Amazon ages ago for £59. I thought at the time this would be a great way to prepare for HD Freeview. I even upgraded my PS3 drive to 250GB.
But...
I recently read somewhere that the HD standard chosen for Freeview in the UK was not compatible with PlayTV (it will use the DVB-T2 chipset), so the PS3 will only be able to upscale to Freeview to HD. My TV does this all by itself.
...and don't hold out any hopes for recording two channels simultaneously - there's no mention of that in any of Sony's promo material.
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bilbo_bobbins |
bilbo_bobbins- 6:30am BST - August 13th, 2008
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BBC HD ? That would be quality ! No need for Freesat. I was gonna wait and get that with free HD channels which records, but no need if PLayTV does it. Nice one.
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hesmanes |
hesmanes- 11:35am BST - August 13th, 2008
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@ 21
i wish i could find where i read all this now but the guy that was being interviewed from sony said that you can record one channel whilst watching another, and the big one! you will be able to record whilst in game. right ive got to find that article now!
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