Sony PlayTV - PS3 Freeview PVR add-on

**Matt D** · 19-01-2008, 01:00

http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=828

Looks good.

Not sure if I'll bother with it (unless it's cheap), as I already have a PVR (SkyHD).

The PSP Remote Play feature looks good too... Use your PSP while out & about to remotely access the PS3 & watch live/recorded TV.

icestar2 · 19-01-2008, 10:57

I agree it does look good. Been looking forward to it but the price tag is not small. Play did have it on pre-order for £99 but they seemed to remove the price now but the links still there. http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStatio...V/Product.html

Heres a simple videos breakdown of how it will work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuWAgZeJoI

Matty121 · 20-04-2008, 20:57

Hello. i have a question that has remained unanswered in my head since the 1st March and i think it's time to get an answer. Firstly you may not need to know what play tv is to answer my question but it would help. does anyone know how much memory, say a 1 hour program, would take up on my PS3's harddrive? please be aware that it also records in hd. i need to know if i should buy a bigger harddrive...
thanks very much

icestar2 · 20-04-2008, 22:07

As far as I know nothing been announced about space usage yet but I will check around. There are many diffrent factors as to how much space will be used e.g. format, compression, program length etc etc.

What model do you have 40gb or 60gb ? do you find your HD space being used up alot now ? Do you plan on keeping certain programs for a long time ?

**Matt D** · 20-04-2008, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Matty121

Hello. i have a question that has remained unanswered in my head since the 1st March and i think it's time to get an answer. Firstly you may not need to know what play tv is to answer my question but it would help. does anyone know how much memory, say a 1 hour program, would take up on my PS3's harddrive? please be aware that it also records in hd. i need to know if i should buy a bigger harddrive...
thanks very much

I wouldn't believe all the HD stuff about it... there is no HD Freeview & won't be for a while yet... don't think the DVB-T2 standard has even been finalised yet, so there's no way I can see that Play TV would work with the (eventual future) HD Freeview.

For a rough estimate of HDD usage for recordings, I guess it would be similar to e.g. Sky+, where an 80GB PVR3 can record roughly 40 hours of content... so 2GB per hour.

Matty121 · 21-04-2008, 07:41

ok thanks a lot you two! i have a 60gb version

Bluffdemon · 21-04-2008, 16:28

i would like to get one if the price is right ! be a cool addition to my ps3 !

icestar2 · 21-04-2008, 17:04

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Originally Posted by Bluffdemon

i would like to get one if the price is right ! be a cool addition to my ps3 !

I read somewere and I think play.com had it at £99.99. It was announced to be between $129 and $200 and since we get ripped all the time I am guessing the £99.99 marks about right. Everywere seems to of pulled the price now though so cant say for sure. Guess we'll find out soon enough.

**Matt D** · 21-04-2008, 20:08

Amazon had it listed as recently as last week - with a price (£69.99) & a date (July something 2008).

Checked again today... price & date have been removed.

If it comes out for £99, I think it's too much, considering the price of standalone Freeview PVRs.

Also a pity the PS3 doesn't have any rear USB ports... having this thing permanently plugged into the front would be annoying.

icestar2 · 21-04-2008, 23:39

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Amazon had it listed as recently as last week - with a price (£69.99) & a date (July something 2008).

Checked again today... price & date have been removed.

Think amazon is trying to fool us all m8 heres some more info of amazon guessing again.

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Amazon.co.uk has caused some confusion today when it listed a release date and price for the Digital TV recording peripheral, PlayTV. With a date of July 31st and a price of £59.99, it was looking like a good deal for UK PS3 owners. Until Sony refused to confirm both details and Amazon pulled all the information on their site, that is. Instead, the release date is now set for October and there's not a price in sight. Weird.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/04/21/...ut-not-really/

Matty121 · 22-04-2008, 16:21

yeah i saw that on amazon. 31st of July and £59.99. pretty good. i will still buy it at £99.99 if that's going to be the price but it would be so much better if it was £40 cheaper, ha ha. when they took the price and date off their site, the date said october 2008!! don't know if it's there now but that's a bit late..!!