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PS3 Gets Live HDTV Recording

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YourEMGN Writes: "Playstation 3 owners from Australia will be able to record HDTV from later this month as Sony continues to make the PS3 the ultimate in entertainment. Sony will also lunch a downloads store to directly download the latest movies, Tv shows etc. straight onto your PS3 within the first quarter of next year."
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Published: 60 days 7 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3
 
 

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Madusha - 60 days 8 hours ago
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Awesome! Hope it's available in New Zealand :D I was hoping for something less than a big box but this will do finely. $170, worth it?
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zxzgamingzxz - 60 days 8 hours ago
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$170 shuld be well worth HD TV recording. However, it's not something I will need.
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Bubbles - 60 days 6 hours ago
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1.2 - @zgaming
YOU WILL GET IT!!!
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Close_Second - 60 days 6 hours ago
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1.3 - I also hope it gets released in NZ...
...however, Sony NZ seem to be of the mind that if there's nothing in it for them then its not worth getting into.

Its why we still don't have the free music video channel on PSN.
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jhooty14 - 60 days 7 hours ago
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iknow some people willl be all over this
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Madusha - 60 days 6 hours ago
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Yeah of course. A lotta PS3 owners will be interested.
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Blasphemy - 60 days 6 hours ago
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If this comes to the USA I can get rid of my DVR and save some money.
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Lumbo - 60 days 2 hours ago
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Only problem with that idea is, that its a DVBT Receiver. So it only receives OverAir broadcasts. It can NOT receive cable or satellite signals. And the US currently has about 0.000000000001% coverage of overair digital signals.

So you CAN buy the box, but lacking any channels to record i fail to see the value for the US-American market, especially as the digital overair transmit plan has been put on the backburner now because of the financial crisis.
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tripewire - 60 days 6 hours ago
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Been waiting for this for ages.
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Sarcasm - 60 days 6 hours ago
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Come on Sony, release stuff like this for other regions too!
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ckane15 - 60 days 6 hours ago
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This sounds like a high five for everyone
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NaiNaiNai - 60 days 5 hours ago
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Rofl would be cheaper just to buy a seperate box without the playstation logo.

such a rip-off.
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kwicksandz - 60 days 5 hours ago
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Yup when you include the sony tax and the PAL rape tax a stand alone unit with the same functionality can be obtained alot cheaper.
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cliffbo - 60 days 4 hours ago
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yeh but its better than the 360 sky deal at least its free! lol
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Biphter - 60 days 4 hours ago
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7.3 - Dual HDTV tuner with recording cheaper than PlayTV?
I don't think so. If you include the price of PS3 then maybe so, but if you are in the market for a HDTV tuner and happen to already own a PS3.... you can't beat this.

BTW, Denmark has just gone full Digital and I was happy to see that after the update on 22nd Oct I can now view all the free to air channels including DR HD (about 10 channels)! Now all I need is a PlayTV box that can take a card so I can decrypt the other 50 odd channels only available on Boxer! That or DVB-C compatibility for YouSee Cable (doesn't need a Card)!
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badkolo - 60 days 4 hours ago
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great idea but rape in price, just like psp go
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Jdoki - 60 days 3 hours ago
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I'm a bit confused by this.

I have the UK PAL version of PlayTV.

From what I've read the tuners in PlayTV are DVB-T, and DVB-T2 tuners are required for HD functionality - or is this just the type of encoding the tuners support?

Anyway... To those saying this is a rip off, that's just rubbish. I already have a PS3, so paying £49.99-£59.99 for a dual tuner (possibly HD) freeview box, that turns the PS3 in to a fully functioning PVR is a bargain. Plus because the PS3's HDD is so easily upgradeable it's no problem to add more storage. Then throw in viewing the recordings on the PSP and it's a seriously good piece of kit.
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