Play.com has announced a release date and pricing for PS3 TV. It will be released at the end of March in the UK and will retail for £99.99.

The details, from their website are:

* Record and view your favourite programmes at the same time - Play TV enables you to record both Standard Definition as well as High Definition
* Personal Video Recorder functionality - watch live TV, pause, fast forward and rewind
* Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) to show what’s on, now and next - up to 7 days in advance in certain countries
* Mobile TV functionality - export content easily from PS3 HDD to PSP - watch TV on the go! Thanks to live streaming, you can watch your favourite show whilst abroad
* Channel surf with either your BD remote or your Sixaxis

Play TV is the way to receive, record and programme digital terrestrial television through your PlayStation 3. Simply plug your TV aerial into the Play TV TV-tuner, and connect to your PS3 via the USB cable provided. Instantly you will be able to receive more TV and radio channels than before, and will have total control of your TV viewing.

Unfortunately, there are no plans to release the service in other countries.

Tags : IPTV : PlayStation : PlayStation 3 : Playstation 3 TV : Tuner : TV : uk : UK Playstation

Comments

By: Evren On: 05:56 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	....The PSX failed miserably. Why is this going to work? Another �100 for your PS3...Yeah, willing to pay that...No, Im not.

By: Dragonfly On: 09:53 Jan 14th, 2008 Online	Play TV suddenly sounds a lot less appealing. When will Sony realise that all these insane added costs for weakly implemented features is what's turning people off their console in the first place? It's nothing more than a glorified TV aerial with a visual imput port to your PS3. Lets try to also ignore the fact that an aerial of that sort can only pick up terrestrial television...

By: Samuel On: 10:15 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	Actually, 'digital terrestial' refers to freeview television, so this can pick up digital signals and record them, and hooking it up to a sky box would easily give access to all those channels. However, you can do the exact same thing with an aerial-in card and a recording program for about $20. Sony 0, everbody else 50,000,000.

By: ManicGamer On: 10:21 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	I'm not that exited about it either. Its not anything better than my DVR and i'm not sure I'd even use my PSP to watch pre-recorded shows on. However sony isnt the only company doing it. I'm sure everyone has heard about IPTV at this point for the Xbox 360. Basically the same thing on another console. Its something that both systems are capable of at this point and its basically another race to be the BEST much like the Blu-Ray and HD-Dvd war was. I like the idea of my console(s) being able to do much more than they do... but there is a point where you have to consider just how useful these things actually are.

By: Mobius Zero On: 10:35 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	If they had it to record actual gameplay and put it on youtube or whatever, I would probably go for it up to a certain point then there is the fact the gameplay would have to limit it self to 5-10 depending on the format they are using. For me, this would be a dream since it would give me a chance to record gameplay from PS1-PS3 (yes, I would get the 80 GB), but the price point is the biggest problem here.

By: Corrine On: 10:57 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	Hahahahahahahahahah. That's all I have to say.