Thats nice, too bad we only have 2 freeview channels in denmark....

Get in!

@  hyperslug

And now you can record both of them!

i want tis to come to the U.S. i dont even have tivo or dvr yet cuz of the monthly fee.

Any Talk of this coming over to the US. I'd love something like this.

i would love this but what is freeview??

this might come to N.A when our televisions trun digital next year

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.

I might be wrong, but as far as I know Freeview channels only come in SD?!?!

they do except for people with HD tuners added to the TV's. Most HDTVS get HD and SD Freeview.

Oh, my birthday is Sep. 20, great birthday present :)

lmao good one crapfactory lol

Sounds like Sky+ HD to me.

Congrats EU guys,  you're getting something the rest of us dont have for once.

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.

Playstation 3's TiVo version?! ....Can record your favorite TV shows?! ....THE?

Will it be available in all Europe or only in UK, Spain, France, Germany??? I know Play TV is going to include only these countrie's TVs.

@ 14

yeah your right but your not having to pay a monthly subscription are you.

@ 10

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

Not excited about it myself cuz I have sky+ but I don't think it is a waste of time. It’s another round in Sony's corporate weapon against Microsoft.

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.

£70? pretty high price for that might have to wait till it goes down in price around £35.

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.

@ 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!

@hesmanes
That's my understanding too, but I don't think you can record two at once - and deffinitely no HD (in UK).

Just a word of caution for those who might want to rush out and buy this is all.

@joeyjoejoeshababadoo

Sweden went all digital in 2007...

psn id: gingo... 70 quid! thats quite impressive for sony i was expecting them to charge about 90 quid for this