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This site is in no way affiliated with Sony Podcast Fill your ears with all the latest gadget news in our weekly podcasts Subscribe to podcast via iTunes Download latest T podcast Subscribe to T podcast Red Alert Choose how to get T Content RSS Feeds Shopping Partners Shopping SUBSCRIBE TO T MAG Home News Reviews Features Competition Compare Magazine News PS PlayTV Launches On Friday PS PlayTV launches on Friday A killer blow for the UK s TV recording packages On Friday Sony is launching the new PlayStation TV recording service PlayTV. At heart it s a pair of Freeview tuners built into a small non descript black box that plugs into your aerial and your PS via USB and comes with a disc load of special PlayTV software designed in Sony s Cambridge studio. Once installed you can access a day Electronic Programming Guide EPG and you can flick channels using any PS controller or PS Blu ray remote control. You can pause live television you can schedule recordings using the EPG you can watch one channel while another records and you can even record while you game. PlayTV has another ace to play too. If you also own a PSP Remote Play will allow you to drop into your PS remotely and set up recordings or you can access your recorded content for viewing on the go. Sony once suggested that all recordings made by the PlayTV software would be free from DRM a surprising move in an age where rights management seems to put a downer on nearly everything that has a whiff of openness about it. Being able to take your content with you would be a huge advantage on those frequent occasions when your PSP doesn t have access to an open WiFi connection. Alas despite remaining DRM free the inevitable copyright restrictions reared their ugly heads and it s definitely not possible to directly transfer content from the PlayTV library to your PSP. However the content you record can be exported from the program to the PS s XMB for instant viewing. It doesn t take a huge leap of imagination to see where that s leading. So will PlayTV prove a major headache for Sky s Sky box BT s Vision V Box and Virgin s V The fact that it s limited to the free selection of digital terrestrial channels is a disadvantage although depending on how much you actually watch it s a small one. And with the added remote viewing capabilities it s an appealing package. The whole lot costs . and will be privy to additional features over time as Sony is able to overhaul the service via Firmware updates in much the same way as the PS itself. We ll be putting PlayTV through its paces this week and will have a review for you in time for the launch. PlayTV Update Clarified the DRM statement. There is none just restrictions on content exporting. Reddit del.ic.io Stumble Upon Facebook By Al Warmington Reformat for printing advertisement You can schedule recordings using the EPG you can watch one channel while another records and you can even record while you game. Related News Sony reconfirms PlayStation s PlayTV date and price Aug more Sony shows off its official Bluetooth headset for PS Sep more Sony PlayTV confirmed May more PlayStation PlayTV video recording accessory to land in September Jul more LittleBigPlanet PS bundle launch leaked by French retailer Sep more More News comments By Al Warmington rob freer You re right sorry if this wasn t clear in the article. DRM is not the issue other than that when it was annouced to be DRM free we were hoping for easy exporting to PSP mobile phones or any other video playing device without hassle. Due to copyright considerations there are restrictions in place to ensure that content is not directly exportable to the PSP. We spoke to Sony this afternoon and confirmed this. However as you point out content exported to the XMB could be transferred to a PC and then re encoded for PSP. This does feel like an unnecessary step though one put in place simply to make the PlayTV as a whole less open. Pity. Report this By rob freer Sorry cannot transcode it on a PSP. I meant on a PC then transfer it to your PSP. Report this By rob freer Please do your research properly THERE IS NO DRM It is simply the Mpeg Transport Stream and can be exported to any external hard drive. if you want it on your PSP you can transcode it yourself from a PSP. THIS IS NOT DRM. it is totally unencrypted non drm bits that are coming through your aerial Report this Login to T to post a comment. 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