PlayTV - £69.99?

CliffyBiro · 26 Jul 2008 at 15:40

PlayTV - £69.99

The new catalogue for a huge chain was released today and on page 1755, PlayTV is listed as £69.99 - catalogue number 566/0579

Much better than I had thought.

Edz · 26 Jul 2008 at 15:44

That's seems a reasonable price, just wish they'd hurry up and release it as I've held off buying a new PVR for this.

CliffyBiro · 26 Jul 2008 at 15:49

A quick google seems to confirm this price.

Very good IMO. I was expecting £100.

The Running Man · 26 Jul 2008 at 16:08

shame that HD will prbably go onto freesat first really...is it even scheduled for freeview in the net year or two?

CliffyBiro · 26 Jul 2008 at 16:10

Nickg said:
shame that HD will prbably go onto freesat first really...is it even scheduled for freeview in the net year or two?

Not publicly but I think that when the analogue signals are switched off it will open up the space needed for HD on freeview.

Whappers · 26 Jul 2008 at 17:11

Edz said:
That's seems a reasonable price, just wish they'd hurry up and release it as I've held off buying a new PVR for this.

Abooie · 26 Jul 2008 at 17:49

Nickg said:
shame that HD will prbably go onto freesat first really...is it even scheduled for freeview in the net year or two?

The thing is there's no way in gods earth it would handle HD out the box.

My Sky HD hard drive is 160GB and fills up with HD very easily. 40GB when combined with mandatory installs just won't cut it.

Are there plans for a 200GB or 500GB PS3?

Also I'm confused, can you record TV and play a game at the same time?

andshrew · 26 Jul 2008 at 18:31

Abooie said:
The thing is there's no way in gods earth it would handle HD out the box.

My Sky HD hard drive is 160GB and fills up with HD very easily. 40GB when combined with mandatory installs just won't cut it.

Are there plans for a 200GB or 500GB PS3?

Also I'm confused, can you record TV and play a game at the same time?

They say you can record and play at the same time.

I don't see the HDD space as an issue, it's so easy to upgrade your hard disc and I can't see to many people who aren't capable of doing it actually buying this addon anyway.

msmalls74 · 26 Jul 2008 at 18:32

Abooie said:
The thing is there's no way in gods earth it would handle HD out the box.

My Sky HD hard drive is 160GB and fills up with HD very easily. 40GB when combined with mandatory installs just won't cut it.

Are there plans for a 200GB or 500GB PS3?

Also I'm confused, can you record TV and play a game at the same time?

Why would you need a 200 or 500GB PS3? Stick a 320GB drive in your PS3 for approx £65 and it will give you more than enough room to record stuff. With PlayTV there is no silly DRM so you can copy the files to an external drive to be done with as you wish ie stick on a dvdr, ipod, psp etc. You can record while playing games, but no news or autostart up or if it affects games if there is a lot of data on the HDD for the game.

orderoftheflame · 27 Jul 2008 at 16:55

msmalls74 said:
Why would you need a 200 or 500GB PS3? Stick a 320GB drive in your PS3 for approx £65 and it will give you more than enough room to record stuff. With PlayTV there is no silly DRM so you can copy the files to an external drive to be done with as you wish ie stick on a dvdr, ipod, psp etc. You can record while playing games, but no news or autostart up or if it affects games if there is a lot of data on the HDD for the game.

+1

hohum · 27 Jul 2008 at 17:49

skippi90 said:
Not publicly but I think that when the analogue signals are switched off it will open up the space needed for HD on freeview.

Or better yet, get rid of all the rubbish channels on freeview! That'll free up some space too

Substance · 27 Jul 2008 at 17:56

That isn't a bad price actually, could be a purchase as long as the HD broadcasts don't take years to become public

orderoftheflame · 27 Jul 2008 at 19:17

Has anyone seen anywhere to pre-order this? Don't worry about a name. Just yes/no.

CliffyBiro · 27 Jul 2008 at 19:19

Yes. In the rainforest.

*shifty*

Whappers · 27 Jul 2008 at 20:21

skippi90 said:
Yes. In the rainforest. *shifty*

That's just a product update application. Not actual preorder though :confused:

orderoftheflame · 27 Jul 2008 at 21:10

skippi90 said:
Yes. In the rainforest. *shifty*

Whappers said:
That's just a product update application. Not actual preorder though

Close enough! Cheers.

RobH · 27 Jul 2008 at 23:05

10th September is the rumoured release date.

msmalls74 · 12 Aug 2008 at 22:43

Sony has told Eurogamer that PlayTV will be released on 19th September and cost GBP 69.99.

David Reeves had prepared us for a 10th September launch and a European price of EUR 99 (GBP 78). Which means Sony must, like others, know we're feeling the pinch at the moment.

PlayTV is digital video recorder for PS3 that can record TV while you play games or watch other programs. There is no copy protection on content, which is saved in a standard format and can be transferred freely to your PC or PSP - which can also control the box remotely.

The PS3's power is put to good use, and PlayTV is future-proofed to handle HD signals when they saturate the market at some point in the future.

Head over to our preview of PlayTV to find out more, and beware that our main concern in that piece - that Sony couldn't confirm recording at the same time as playing games - has now been clarified: you can.

There preview from March 08 http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=93867

Alrik · 12 Aug 2008 at 23:10

The PS3's power is put to good use, and PlayTV is future-proofed to handle HD signals when they saturate the market at some point in the future.

Great, but they still don't tell us which HD standard it will be supporting (DVB-T, DVB-T2 or both). The UK was originally going to use DVB-T for Freeview HD broadcasts (like the rest of Europe), but changed their minds this year and decided to use DVB-T2 instead.

If PlayTV has DVB-T hardware it will not be able to decode the DVB-T2 signals meaning no HD programs through PlayTV. I've done so much searching about the subject and I'm still none the wiser =/

The above is the reason I've not pre-ordered yet, since I don't want to put down £70 on a USB add-on if it wont support UK HD signals.

ojste · 12 Aug 2008 at 23:28

does anyone reckon it will be able to record in-game footage? that would be a cool feature :]