Sony unveils PlayTV telly tuner for PS3

by admin August 23, 2007 at 8:40 pm

Sony has unveiled its forecast TV tuner for the PlayStation 3, enabling users in Europe to record and watch digital TV on their games console, Sky+ style.

The announcement was made at the Leipzig games show in Germany – a show being heralded by many as the new E3, or at the very least a respectable European equivalent to E3.

The twin-tuner add-on will be called PlayTV and will launch early in 2008 in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, with other countries soon after. This is the first time a console has been given digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities, offering gamers access to free channels that are delivered over digital terrestrial TV.

Full article: reghardware.co.uk