Story: PlayTV: £69.99, Next Month
PlayTV: £69.99, Next Month
Published: 12/08/2008, 8:14
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Author: nofi


PlayTV: £69.99, Next Month

Sony’s PlayTV, the cool digital TV receiver and recorder (using the PS3’s hard drive) is due out next month in UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany, and will be priced at the bargain price of £69.99.

The hardware has two tuners, so you can watch one station and record another, and you can even watch movies and play games whilst recording TV, so the missus has no room for complaint.  With remote streaming of content to your PSP and freely movable recordings, this is something to look out for when it lands in September.

Thanks to Edgefusion in our forums for the tip.

Update: Eurogamer, fashionably late, have confirmed the date: 19th September.



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  1. discharge
    12/08/2008 at 9:20
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    Yeah Baby Yeah, My old thompson freeview box is gonna be moving its sorry ass to the trash when Play tv arrives!
    £70 hmmm I can live with that as I dont have a flatscreen lcd yet(sony please give me a 42″Top Range Bravia!)….well you gotta ask as you never know


  2. Michael [ TSA VIP ]
    12/08/2008 at 9:27
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    Good news. Might invest in this…


  3. Jeebers
    12/08/2008 at 9:49
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    Cool, that’s not a bad price. Anyone know if they have changed the design so the aerial has a ‘pass through’ or am i still gonna need an ugly splitter to feed my tv as well?


    nofi [ Site Admin ]

    I think there’s still only one RF socket, sadly. A shame, as I need an output socket too to drive the other room’s box.


  4. jack
    12/08/2008 at 10:49
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    Far too expensive considering you are paying for two tuners which can be picked up in usb form for £15 the ps3 is doing the rest. Am sure it will be good quality but £70 is too much are you sure it wasn’t 70 euros?


    nofi [ Site Admin ]

    Look on the site, it’s £69.99.

    I think it’s great value - wait until you see the slick interface.


  5. gazo69
    12/08/2008 at 11:26
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    This is cool, i will be getting this. :)


  6. seedaripper1973
    12/08/2008 at 12:39
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    yeah granted you could buy a standalone (pc) tuner gizmo for less, but as nofi pointed out its has a lot to do with the very slick interface, HD compatible turner, plus the ability to stream any programs/films to yor PSP via any wi-fi hotspot…those alone are worth the asking price IMO…i’ll be getting it too!! :)


  7. Matty121
    12/08/2008 at 12:59
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    this looks fantastic and i think i’m going to get it. the only concern i have is how much memory say a 1 hour program will take up on the harddrive. i don’t want to spend another £70 on a harddrive just so i can use Playtv properly. can anyone give me a rough estimate on how much memory it will take up? thanks very much


    nofi [ Site Admin ]

    1 hour = approx 1 GB, according to the site.


    Matty121

    thanks mate, that may tempt me to buy it then. cause if i have to i could keep programs on usb flash drives/memory cards…. can’t wait now :)


  8. nofi [ Site Admin ]
    12/08/2008 at 17:22
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    Eurogamer have confirmed that it’s the 19th of September for the UK.


  9. seedaripper1973
    12/08/2008 at 19:10
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    er..i just read somewhere that apparently it no longer accepts HD signals, due a change in the licensing laws or whatever??? you news hounds here, fancy sniffing out the truth?


    monty2k

    It won’t record HD signals on launch and apparently the saved recordings can’t be moved.

    http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=212585


  10. Gamoc
    13/08/2008 at 1:20
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    Any idea what channels this’ll have?


    Matty121

    all the channels you recieve from a normal freeview box. check out http://www.playtvps3.com


  11. seedaripper1973
    13/08/2008 at 21:30
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    pissed right on my fire… :(


  12. Mossychops
    14/08/2008 at 9:36
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    Sixthaxis how did you get it so wrong about the transfer of files to PSP, Don’t worry i think everyone Fanboy did.

    Sony Talk to us.

    Cancelled my order now, this was going to replace my Virgin + Box and i bet a lot of other peoples Box’s too.

    Total PR disaster again from Sony!

    Can TSA you find out why please, And don’t say “Sony never Did say we could Transfer Files to the PSP or other devices”, Because Someone did form the Software development and Sony did not retract that statement.

    The only way I would buy a PLAY TV box now if they backtrack again! And have a firmware update and let us transfer files.


  13. Mossychops
    14/08/2008 at 11:21
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    Sony did say we could tranfer files.

    http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/item76297/TV-star/

    Now they say we cannot, make your minds up!

    TSA, Did sony get back to you yet to say why?


    Matty121

    can anyone tell me where it actually states that files will not be transferable?


    Matty121

    oh it’s all over the internet! sorry. that’s ridiculous!!! the feature i most wanted! now i will have to buy a bigger internal HD which will cost more than an external! still buying it though because i’ve got myself so hyped for it! :S


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