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You’ve read how the PS3′s Play TV works, but reading only goes so far, doesn’t it? We all love pictures, we especially love moving pictures, so here, watch as David Reeves and Mark Bunting take you through the PS3′s PVR setup.
Early next year the PlayStation 3 takes a big step towards becoming the ultimate entertainment box in Europe. At Sony’s Games Convention press conference they announced Play TV, a device that hooks between your PS3 and television that will allow the console to record one channel while you watch another. Play TV not only supports high definition video but will also allow you to stream live or recorded video from the PS3 directly to your PSP via Remote play, effectively allowing you to watch your television shows on the handheld from anywhere in the world. Freaking amazing stuff. I’m impressed. Hell, even Crecente was impressed. No word on when the feature could be coming to regions outside of Europe, but I’ve no doubt in my mind that it will, and it will be awesome.
Phil Harrison popped by my chair after the press conference to chat for a second about how it went and I had a second to ask him about how this news might impact the U.S. Specifically I wanted to know if North America had a chance of getting the DVR service for the Playstation 3 or a video download service for the PSP.
We already mentioned that DVR will be coming to the PS3. But the software behind the technology—not always Sony’s strong suit—could be the driving force to make the platform actually succeed. Because it could be TiVo.
Many of us overlooked that Sony actually has licensing rights to use TiVo software in their products from an agreement dating way back to 2001. While this agreement is only good through October of 2008, that’s presumably enough time for Sony to launch their DVR product (and of course, that contract could be extended if Sony ponied up the cash). When TiVo was questioned about the potential integration, they responded with an either coy or contractually-obligated “no comment.”
I just preordered one of the new $US299 TiVo HD systems and can’t wait for it to ship out. But if the PS3 could have given me the same thing—even for the same price—I’d have gone that route just to save a component in my setup. If Sony is looking for some serious legitimacy in the home DVR market, integrating TiVo would be a brilliant manoeuvre.
The Full Scoop: No Announcement for U.S. PlayStation 3 DVR [gamedaily]
