Simply can't live a day without  watching your favorite TV show? Well, Buffalo Technologies' latest USB offering is the right one for you. The DH-KONE4G/U2DS is a two-in-one gadget. It acts as a flash disk and as a TV tuner as well. Check out the details on this USB dongle in the full article.

Going to Japan for your upcoming vacation? If you can drop by the Akihabara Electric Town, then you may want to get yourself one of these babies: the Twinbird waterproof television equipped with a 1Seg tuner . You don't have to worry about getting this wet; go ahead and watch your favorite shows while on the poolside...if you live in Japan, that is. Check out more details in the full article!

The Nintendo DS 1seg TV tuner in Japan caused quite a ruckus over demand. Online order placement for the DS/DSLite attachment were opened a few weeks back without any announcement whatsoever, but still, traffic flooded in.

Meanwhile, a recent survey conducted reveals that only 18% of the DS population want the TV tuner... But considering the sheer size of the DS population itself, the "only 18%" goes a loooong way indeed!

It should be remembered that Japanese electronics company Sanyo launched back in May the world's waterproof camcorder dubbed as Xacti E1. Well, we just got word that the the company is about to follow that up with waterproof portable TV in a couple of days.

Sanyo has named the gadget LVT-WD40 and it should be available on November 21 in Japan for 50,000 Yen or roughly around US$ 453. The rest of the details after the jump!

With 1seg gaining a stronger foothold in Japan than ever before, Nintendo has opted to follow in Sony's footsteps and release a 1seg TV tuner attachment for their own handheld console. GameBrink has gotten the dish on the latest DS accessory, along with a video that details all the features that the Nintendo DS 1seg TV tuner carries. Check out the video and some of the tuner's features at the full article. The tuner hits Japan later this month.

Not to be outdone by the Sony PlayStation Portable, the Nintendo DS handheld video game console is also getting its own 1seg TV tuner. In case you haven't heard of it, 1seg is a Japan-only mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service. It's also available for mobile phones and the aforementioned PSP.

The Nintendo DS 1seg tuner gives the handheld a more old-school feel than the PSP's more compact attachment. The tuner plugs into the DS's cartridge slot and rocks a pair of rabbit-ear antennae. Video shows up on the top screen while the touch screen acts like a remote control.

The Nintendo DS 1seg tuner will launch in Japan on November 20. The suggested retail price for this accessory is 6,800 yen (about US$ 60).

Based on a tip we picked up from Thomas k., it looks like the PSP Slim's hot-selling 1seg TV tuner attachment has been hacked to work on the PSP Phat. According to Thomas, he uncovered this possibility by way of a video demonstration and of a tutorial found on the web. We'll be posting the video first to give you an idea of how the hack looks:

Thomas was also kind enough to explain part of the tutorial, which was originally written in Japanese:

The tutorial says that we have to get the mentioned files from a dump of the firmware update (since in the phat PSP they are not installed) and throw in the flash0 memory. And the last file vshmain.prx should be hex edited to hack the "Network Update" icon on the XMB to activate the 1seg tunner.

While Thomas was unable to fully confirm the hack for himself (No tuner or air signals in Brazil), he stated that a fellow Brazilian living in Japan reports that the hack works, although the Phat has poorer reception than the Slim.

Our tipster further noted that he has also translated the Japanese 1seg hack tutorial into Brazilian Portuguese and posted it at the Brazilian Orkut community site. Those interested in checking out Thomas' full tutorial instructions can visit the site via the Read link provided below.

With the help of Crisis Core's immense success, Sony's PSP-2000 (or PSP Slim) enjoyed an astounding 130,000 sales count on its first day in Japan. This is aside from the purchased 65,000 units of Square Enix's limited edition Crisis Core PSPs, which were released a week before the PSP-2000's actual launch.

30 percent of those who bought the PSP-2000 also picked up the 1Seg tuner, which allows Japanese users to access the programs broadcasted through the 1Seg service.

Those living in the US and wishing to take advantage of the TV Tuner shouldn't keep their hopes up, and Sony's Phil Harrison explains why: because the service isn't supported in most parts of the US... yet. It's certainly a sunny day for Sony. More updates as they come!

In SCEE's press conference in Leipzig, new services for the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Portable were announced: the Go!Video Download Service which will allow users to watch videos on their PSP and the PS3 will receive PlayTV, which would allow users to record TV programs. However, a follow up announcement from SCEA reveals that neither will be available in the U.S. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Executive VP Phil Harrison explains why.

Harrison explains that the services aren't available because the tech that makes the services possible for other areas aren't available in the U.S. yet. Terrestrial Television, which makes it possible for Japan's 1seg tuner to pick up TV signals on the PSP, is currently only available in San Diego which isn't enough for Sony to make a nationwide effort. This scratches off PlayTV for the PS3 in the U.S.

As for the Go!Video download service, there's no nationwide service in the U.S. that supports video downloads by subscription so there's no vehicle of delivery for Sony to offer the download service. PSP owners will have to stick with UMD movies while they wait for the service to become possible.

Although these aren't available for now though, Harrison explains that once the tech that supports the services are available in the U.S., Sony will be on it. As SCEA commented in its announcement: "We understand and respect the consumer interest in this type of service, and we will continue to explore downloadable content options for our territory."

The 1Seg TV Tuner for the PSP, voted as one of the features the Japanese wanted most for the PSP, is expected to launch on September 20 along with the PSP Slim.

The device, officially dubbed PSP-S310 and should allow PSP owners in Japan to hook their devices into the 1Seg TV broadcasts, will be available for about JPY 6,700 (US$ 57).  The 1Seg service is currently only available in Japan so the device was specifically made for the Japanese market.

A TV Tuner for the DS and Gameboy systems was also released for Japan last year using the same 1Seg tech.