Sony announces Play TV launch date and price
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Play games, watch Blur-Ray movies, and digital TV
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 3’s PlayTV digital video recorder add-on will be available in four months’ time. PlayTV will ship to Europe in September for €100, which equates to about £80ish over here, but you can bet your bottom penny that stores will find a way of rounding that up to a nice square £100.
The PlayTV device connects to a PS3, effectively turning the big black monolith into a sexed-up Freeview box and features two tuners, allowing you to watch one programme, whilst recording another, with all the recorded programmes stored on the PS3 hard drive.
PlayTV also ties in neatly with the Sony-Sky Go!View partnership; recorded content can be sent out across the internet to a PSP for viewing on the move. Result!
The PS3 initially sold poorly, but sales of the super-powerful machine have recently picked up, due to a cut in the cost of hardware and the fact that the massively popular Grand Theft Auto IV has just been released on the platform. The fourth installment of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid series is also due to make its exclusive debut on the console this autumn.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:21 am
But as, I heard PS3 is best for gaming. Na????
June 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
what a retard u must be…