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Sony details PS3 DVR pricing, launch date

PlayTV incoming

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Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 3’s PlayTV digital video recorder (DVR) add-on will be available in four months' time.

Last month, a sales page for the product appeared on Amazon UK. It stated PlayTV would be available from the end of July for £70.

Sony swiftly dismissed Amazon’s details as “erroneous and speculative”. It told Register Hardware that pricing and availability for PlayTV would be announced “very soon”.

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Sony's PlayTV: coming in September

Well, now it has done so. Sony has confirmed that PlayTV will ship to Europe in September for €100 (£80/$160).

PlayTV has two tuners to pick-up DVB-T digital TV broadcasts in Europe. Users can watch one show while recording another, and pause live TV. Recorded content is stored on the PS3's own hard drive.

Recorded shows can be sent out across the internet to a PSP for viewing on the move, Sony said.

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@Alex Lane

It won't be done in silicon, dumbass, it will be done in software. As long as there are HD tuners, then everything else can be done in firmware.

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Anonymous Coward

DVB-T2 info, and Recording whilst playing.

Yep, does both..

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282880

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@ myself

Sort of answered my own questions... Here's the Sony press release, oh and it's operating on DVB-T.

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4413

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