There’s been no official announcements from SCE Australia, but Aussie journo Jason Hill is reporting that Sony’s PlayTV service for the PS3, which allows PS3 users to use their console as a HD personal video recorder, will be available in Australia in early 2008. Hopefully. Only potential snag is a conflict between some of Australia’s commercial TV networks, who have been reluctant to allow PVRs access to their program scheduling, but that shouldn’t pose too big a problem. Hopefully. It’s playtime [The Sydney Morning Herald, thanks Lachlan!]
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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.