Sony: Australia and Europe to get PlayTV by fourth quarter of 2008

Posted Apr 29, 2008 at 10:50PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Australia, Europe, PlayTV, Sony

Ó

0
It appears that last year's speculation is actually pretty spot-on. Sony's Sydney branch has recently clarified that they will be launching their PlayTV attachment for the PlayStation 3 for Australia by the fourth quarter of this year.

The company didn't give any specifics regarding its exact launch date or price, though they estimated it would be arriving for less than AUS$ 200 (US$ 186). Moving on, Sony has also clarified that Europe will be getting the PlayTV around a month before its Australian release.

Other details that were announced are that the PlayTV dongle  only has an input port for your TV antenna. Users won't be able to connect their TV to the antenna via the PlayTV. Programs transferred to the PS3 can also be backed up to an external hard drive. That's all the details we've picked up so far. Drop by again in case we run into more related details.

Via Gizmodo Australia

Tweet

0% of voters think this story ROCKS!

Vote Now!    (0) (1)

Become a Member of QJ.Net! If you want your comments to go live without waiting for moderation, you need to be logged in. Being logged in has its benefits: Logged in members do not wait for their comments to be approved. Logged in members can sign up for nightly updates. Logged in members can create Profiles to be seen by other users. So why wait? Create an account or login now! It's easy, quick, and free. To get started, use the LOGIN boxes, or the REGISTER link at the top right!

Comments 

 

# ... — [DVSDevise] 2008-04-30 01:22

Australia only has 3 decent free to air channels which are still crap. And for $200 you got to be kidding.

Reply

 

 

# Easy way round — gtxboyracer 2008-04-30 01:56

Most Satellite decoders/cable decoders offer a Coax output - just plug a cable from that into this box, and tune the channel into the PlayTV - and use your normal Sky TV remote etc to select the channel you which to record.. simple as :)

Reply

 

 

# what about the US!? — Hekynn 2008-04-30 05:45

What about the US sony!? Were switching to Digital next Feb dont forget about us man! I mean most of the us has Digital Cable by now I do

Reply

 

 

# if this come to us... — Someone_PR 2008-04-30 06:27

I will buy it in the first day they come out, will be the next big thing in my living room. Hell, even some xbox fans here will buy a ps3 if this come out just for this.

Reply

 

Refresh comments list

Add comment

Name (required)

Title

Refresh

Send

Cancel

JComments