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PlayTV Video: Watch, record and replay digital tv on your PS3

Sony have released a video of PlayTV in action. Watch, record and replay digital tv on your Playstation 3.

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MaximusPrime5943d ago

wow wow wow. Great video! Thanks for the news to whoever is the submitter.

wageslave5943d ago (Edited 5943d ago )

Why would you buy such a thing? It is expensive and of limited use.

Sony is going down the "Buy everything from Sony and attach it to your PS3, when we release the PS4, replace everything" road.

Do PS2 add-ons work with the PS3? No. But my Xbox 360 accessories *all* work with my PC, and therefore will be usefull for many years to come.

Secondly, Xbox 360 users have been able to do this SINCE DAY ONE. In a MUCH more featureful and elegant way.

It is called a "TV Tuner Card" and Windows Media Center.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I've been using a Radio & TV Tuner in my PC as a DVR since day one. Unlimited cheap harddrive space. Flexible. Media is available to *every* device in the home.

Does your PS3 permit you to stream content to a 3rd party Digital Media Player? My solution does.

The future is one of COMPUTER-centric media distrubution, it permits a more vibrant and open market, an open ecosystem available to any 3rd party who wants to enter. Sony's method is to lock-you-in.

The Xbox 360 will be the living room front-end to *everything*. The PS3 is going to be the front-end for only what Sony will sell you.

@2.1
Sorry, cant handle the truth? Ignore me and remain ignorant, keep it up superstar.

@2.2
"COMPUTER with media center" Windows Media Center comes with Vista. Vista is the 2nd most popular OS on the planet, 2nd to XP - XP also has WMC. Your typing on a computer, it *might* not be Windows, but that would put you in the 3% of the non-Windows OS. Because the combined total of Non-Windows OSs is ~3% of the market.

So, everyone who is saying "Oh, thats nice, but you need a PC" is being ridiculous. What part of the Console owning public do you think DO NOT have a PC? Its surely a very smmmallll portion.

@2.4
Did MS sell you that hardware? Drivers are the responsibility of the person who made your hardware. MS is not responsible to write the planet's 3rd party drivers.

MaximusPrime5943d ago

your xbox 360 has been unreliable from day one. Brace yourselves for RRoD

adding you to my ignore list cos you talk crap.

SmokeyMcBear5943d ago

too bad you need to have a COMPUTER with media center connected to your 360 in order for all that to work..., a whole nother device running at the same time.. dude.. you dont even need your 360 to have all of that.. duhhhhh.. why even bother turning the 360 on when you can connect your computer directly to your tv.. you are dumb.

SmokeyMcBear5943d ago

argh double post.. you are still dumb

season0075943d ago

and you are claiming hardware compatibility isn't an issue for microsoft?

Kyur4ThePain5943d ago

"Secondly, Xbox 360 users have been able to do this SINCE DAY ONE. In a MUCH more featureful and elegant way.

It is called a "TV Tuner Card" and Windows Media Center. "

Unless you can explain to me how I install a TV Tuner card in the Xbox 360, you should just refrain from posting.

Now, if you said 360 AND PC owners (meaning you need both), I could agree with you.

But a Tuner card has nothing to do with the 360, does it?

SmokeyMcBear5943d ago

yep kyur.. thats what is so funny about his post.. he doesnt even need to have a 360 for what he wants to do. The 360 is insignificant. I do love the media connectivity between my ps3 and my home computer.. but i don't like turning on my computer every time i want to access some sort of media.. hency whey i have a 500 gb external connected to my ps3.

MaximusPrime5943d ago

"Sorry, cant handle the truth? Ignore me and remain ignorant, keep it up superstar."

lol, well i have people agreed with me. Most disagree with you.

heyheyhey5943d ago

wow and xbots say ps3 fans always sabotage rival console threads

do you have to come in here and spread UTTER BULLSH!T!!! yeah when you use a PC in conjunction with a console you can do a lot of things on both the 360 and ps3 (but you can turn the ps3 into a pc anyway with linux), but lets compare what things you can do just with the console alone and no PC?

actually lets not- i prefer not to waste to much of my time with idiots like you

Bits-N-Kibbles5943d ago

You just own a lot of sh*t from Microsoft man...

I Make Stuff Up5943d ago

"Your typing on a computer, it *might* not be Windows, but that would put you in the 3% of the non-Windows OS. Because the combined total of Non-Windows OSs is ~3% of the market. "

What tires came with your car?
Were you able to tell the dealership what make of tires you wanted?
Didn't think so.

Vista the 2nd most popular OS on the planet? No, it might be the 2nd most INSTALLED OS on the planet. Installed by PC manufacturers / sellers. Not users.

Come on, you can do better than that, can't you?

freakyzeeky5943d ago

Your post seems like the copy and paste type...

danarc5942d ago

£99 accessory vs £500+ PC...

One may be more elegant than the PC, but you're stating the obvious...
And not all people spend time setting up strams, plug and play baby, yeah :P

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Bebedora5943d ago (Edited 5943d ago )

My TV: Worship meeee. Adore meeee. Buy a PlayTV! You have no life or meaning without meeee! Buy PlayTV

edit: Wage is fun. So far. Sometimes even constructive in his comments. But sometime enough is enough for me too.

uHuRu5943d ago

Cool feature. I'll buy it. got a 250GB HDD attached to my PS3, I might as well put it to good use.

joevfx5943d ago

this will allow me to get rid of my huge ass comcast cable box. i hope this come to the USA and they make a deal with comcast.

Arkham5943d ago

PlayTV currently only works with OTA (over the air) channels, not cable. Keep your cable box.

Azurite5943d ago (Edited 5943d ago )

How about digital OTA channels?

DolphGB5943d ago

PlayTV is for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) - not just OTT.

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This Gigabyte GPU is now among the cheapest RTX 4090s on Amazon after a hefty deal

On Amazon, you can't get an RTX 4090 for less than this one from Gigabyte, which now offers great value after an eye-catching April deal.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 3h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken22h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 14h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 14h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 14h ago (Edited 1d 14h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 2h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken22h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.