Remember back in 2008 when we first started to hear rumblings about the slick Sony PlayTV? It's been a while since we talked about the PlayTV device, so we won’t be mad if you forgot. Basically, PlayTv is a free-to-air digital TV tuner and PVR add-on for the PS3. The thing launched in the UK a while back but has yet to appear stateside.
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Sony Torne digital TV tuner for Japanese PS3 announced
As well as the 250GB PS3, Sony Japan have also announced a new digital TV tuner peripheral for the console. The Sony Torne will drop in March 2010, and offer Japanese buyers a way to watch digital terrestrial TV broadcasts on their PS3, together with PVR functionality that allows for recording content (either to the PS3's HDD or a connected USB 2.0 drive) even while the PS3 is being used for gaming, Blu-ray playback or just in standby mode.
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Sony Ericsson Satio and Aino finally hitting shelves
It's taken a while, but Sony Ericsson's Satio and Aino cellphones are finally hitting shelves, at least in the UK. The two touchscreen handsets were first announced back in May - you can see our hands-on videos with each after the cut - and aim to deliver both entertainment and communication. The Aino (seen here in its bundled dock) can stream content from a PlayStation 3 via the Sony Remote Play system, while the Satio (previously known as the SE Idou) packs a 16:9 3.5-inch touchscreen and 12.1-megapixel autofocus camera.
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Sony Ericsson Aino: touchscreen, Sony Remote Play and 8.1MP camera
As well as the Satio, Sony Ericsson announced another touchscreen handset today: the Aino. A slender slider with a 3-inch touchscreen and numeric keypad, the Aino has an 8.1-megapixel camera, Sony Remote Play support for streaming media from a PS3, GPS, HSPA and a nifty docking station that will also charge the wireless remote.
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Sony PlayTV recordings are DRM-free after all?
Sony's PlayTV started off as a great idea - who wouldn't want their PS3, as well as letting them play games and Blu-ray discs, to record and pause live TV? - that was let down with delays and an attack of DRM. ComputerAndVideoGames.com have been testing out the PVR peripheral, however, and the biggest surprise is that recorded shows are not, in fact, DRM encrypted.
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Sony PlayTV unboxed: underwhelming compared to initial promise
Sony's PlayTV has almost begun to reach the hands of European gamers, and Stuff.TV is one of the first to have their opinions up. The dual-tuner add-on to the PS3 has suffered many delays and, more ominously, a couple of significant feature cuts since it was first announced a year ago: both the ability to transfer recordings to PSP, PC or MemoryStick, and the ability to record OTA HD channels.
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Sony PlayTV backtrack: recordings not transferable, no HD at launch
Sony's PlayTV, an add-on TV tuner that will turn the PS3 into a PVR, has suffered another setback. Not only has the European release of the device been delayed until September 19th, but Sony has now disclosed that recorded video files will not be transferable to PSP, PC or MemoryStick, contrary to their initial specifications.
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Sony’s PlayTV delayed until September 19th
Sony’s PlayTV DVR for PS3 has been delayed until September 19th. The Sling-box like add-on for PS3 announced last fall was originally planned for a September release.
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Sony's European arm has confirmed that the PlayTV free-to-air digital TV tuner and PVR add-on for the PS3 will launch in the UK on September 10th. SCEE president David Reeves told Eurogamer that the European launch would run "from September to December" and the PlayTV, in a change to the known specifications, will allow users to record programmes while simultaneously gaming.
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SlashGear Week in Review – May 11th
This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone. Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checking out the competition.
Meanwhile, budget ultraportables continued their onslaught, with pre-order pricing for both MSI’s Wind and HP’s XP version of the 2133 Mini-Note announced. ASUS hasn’t been letting the grass grow under them either, confirming that the Eee PC 900 will hit the US on May 12th. Slightly bigger, word of Dell’s upcoming Inspiron 1435, 1535 and 1735 ranges leaked, bringing with them some of the XPS’ specs including optional 3G and Blu-ray.
PlayTV PS3 DVR gets €99 tag and September release
According to Crave UK, Sony are looking to release their PlayTV digital TV receiver accessory for the PS3 in September this year. The tuner uses the digital terrestrial service, for instance Freeview in the UK or TDF in France, plugging into one of the console's USB ports and turning it into a PVR. Crave had some hands-on time with the system recently, and have produced a pre-release run through.
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Sony deny rumored PlayTV July launch & pricing
TV addicts looking for PVR functionality on their PS3 will have to wait a while longer for Sony's PlayTV device, is the official statement from the company. PlayTV, which is a twin-tuner accessory compatible with over-the-air digital TV - such as the Freeview system in the UK - was first announced at the Leipzig games show in Germany last year. Amazon.co.uk recently put up a pre-order page for the gadget, pricing it at £59.99 ($118.82) for a July 31st launch; however, that has since been taken down.
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