PlayTV info
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It's a Freeview tuner. You don't need to pay any money - it'll pick up the Freeview transmissions over the air-waves. If they ever release the thing...
Yep, as far as has been reported, anyhow.
This has now been announced on the Dutch website also, for Q3 release this year, and it's not just freeview, but it should work as a more general HD Digital Cable receiver. I wonder if that's accurate or just translated from another site, but it's interesting.
Huh ? You mean it can act as a cable settop box as well ?
Sony's latest TV's supports encrypted channels with the usage of smart cards, for the DVB-T network here.
Not sure if this is the same as freeview, but I know the DVB-T transmissions here are using H.264 and AAC-HE.
So if they can do it for the TV's, I guess they can do it for the PlayTV.
Does this relate to Cable tv in anyway, well not really
Not sure if this is the same as freeview, but I know the DVB-T transmissions here are using H.264 and AAC-HE.
So if they can do it for the TV's, I guess they can do it for the PlayTV.
Does this relate to Cable tv in anyway, well not really
For the asking price, I think they need it too, but if so that's a new feature they haven't mentioned anywhere yet!
Does this relate to Cable tv in anyway, well not really
That's what I am trying to confirm:
On related news:
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1167107&postcount=1
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1161809&postcount=1
I don't believe Sony is ready to deploy any tru2way products yet. So perhaps the Dutch report is simply making very forward looking predictions/statements ?
That's what it seems to imply. Is almost the only thing people have here in the first place - we are 95% cable I think.
It's not a 'Dutch report', it's on the Dutch official playstation website.
Already in firmware 2.41! European launch starts this september in the UK!
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=191896
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=191896
So, does it actually support h.264? I feel strange... New Zealand... Having modern TV technology... (NZ DVB-T freeview is 20mbit h.264, 1080i or 720p)
It's either this, or I hope for the h.264 upgrade for media centre to come out. Either is going to be an attractive option for me (I already use my 360 as a MCE for mpeg2 DVB-S).
Althought you'd need one hell of a hard drive, 8mbit mpeg2 burns through a 500gb drive quickly enough as it is.
It's either this, or I hope for the h.264 upgrade for media centre to come out. Either is going to be an attractive option for me (I already use my 360 as a MCE for mpeg2 DVB-S).
Althought you'd need one hell of a hard drive, 8mbit mpeg2 burns through a 500gb drive quickly enough as it is.
I don't see any reason why it wouldn't. The capture just records the broadcast stream, and the playback then deals with decoding, where h.264 is already implemented. It would be another major oversight to exclude one of your PAL regions...so I guess, going by Sony's record, the answer then is no, h.264 isn't supported in PlayTV
In Norway DBV-T is h.264 and HE-AAC and Sony got TV's on the market that are able to deal with that, a friend of mine got one
So if Sony TV and Sony Play TV hardware guys talk during lunch or by the watercooler and the PM's aren't really stuck up their own ****, there should atleast be a decent chance that Play TV supports atleast h-264, as for the HE-AAC I hope, but from what I heard the license for that codec is pretty steep, compared to similar things.
So if Sony TV and Sony Play TV hardware guys talk during lunch or by the watercooler and the PM's aren't really stuck up their own ****, there should atleast be a decent chance that Play TV supports atleast h-264, as for the HE-AAC I hope, but from what I heard the license for that codec is pretty steep, compared to similar things.
Sanely cheaper than the early £100 price-tag rumours, but still too much IMO. Once you factor in an HDD upgrade, it's the best part of £100, which will fetch a 250 GB standalone. Even without an HDD upgrade it's the same price as an entry-level standalone DVR. The only plus I see is PSP integration and streaming, for those that use their PSP in areas that have a network they can access.
I just upgraded my internal HDD by the way. Had the screwing problem that a lot of people have as they were on pretty tight, but needle-nose pliers fixed that issue. Otherwise, very smooth process. My 35GB of data is being restored as we speak.
I think one advantage is that once you've upgraded your HDD (mine is a 70 euro Fujitsu 2.5" 320GB with 8mb cache) in your PS3, you can use that for the PS3. Then, with PlayTV you can also use it for recording and watching shows. I'm very interested in seeing the interface in action even though I don't know if it'll ever be available where I live ... what I've seen showed something that is insanely more responsive than anything I've ever seen in these devices so far, and considering that Sony has a good record of keeping the software up-to-date, it could be a pretty good thing.
Once you add all these things up - video store, playtv, video playback from HDD for regular stuff, streaming video full-screen from the web-browser (that upgrade makes nice local websites with links a much more attractive option than they've been so far), DNA support, and so on, and all smooth and responsive, great BluRay playback, HDMI 1.3a output with full color support - it adds up. No idea how well it'll compete on the market in the end, but for those that can use all of those features, it's cool.
Of course, it would be nice if they don't take too long getting the video store out here as well, and maybe something like PlayTV in the U.S. But we'll see.
I think one advantage is that once you've upgraded your HDD (mine is a 70 euro Fujitsu 2.5" 320GB with 8mb cache) in your PS3, you can use that for the PS3. Then, with PlayTV you can also use it for recording and watching shows. I'm very interested in seeing the interface in action even though I don't know if it'll ever be available where I live ... what I've seen showed something that is insanely more responsive than anything I've ever seen in these devices so far, and considering that Sony has a good record of keeping the software up-to-date, it could be a pretty good thing.
Once you add all these things up - video store, playtv, video playback from HDD for regular stuff, streaming video full-screen from the web-browser (that upgrade makes nice local websites with links a much more attractive option than they've been so far), DNA support, and so on, and all smooth and responsive, great BluRay playback, HDMI 1.3a output with full color support - it adds up. No idea how well it'll compete on the market in the end, but for those that can use all of those features, it's cool.
Of course, it would be nice if they don't take too long getting the video store out here as well, and maybe something like PlayTV in the U.S.
But we'll see.
