Ricky W Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) A Sony dev has just posted a verbal update on further developments on PlayTV http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/06/19/...pdate/#comments Edited June 19, 2009 by Ricky W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordang Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/06/hd-sony-...lia-in-october/ FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesc Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 What really stands out, and works in the PlayTV's favour is .... ...it's pedigree in terms of the tuner/demodualtor that it should have in it. This comes from DiBcom, a key player in the design of leading edge chipsets. There are many products that have DiBcom chipsets in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Archer Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/06/hd-sony-...lia-in-october/FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmm, i wonder, will people with the uk version be able to uninstall their software and install the australian software when it comes out? (perhaps by borrowing a friend's disc or something) P.S. i do not have playTV (yet) so im unsure if this would work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordang Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Curious about that myself! Or whether you can just update the software as per the normal method and it will include the australian features? (fingers crossed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/06/hd-sony-...lia-in-october/FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully it is true, but official Australian version of PlayTV has been touted since December 2007! I'll believe it when I can touch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Archer Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 FInally got my playTV from UK today, very happy except for one small issue, The EPG is set to GMT+0:00 (9.5 hours out of sync for SA) and cannot be changed (even by changing the ps3 system clock). Just wondering if anyone else has this issue, or if it has been fixed with an update. Unfortunately for me, i cannot get broadband where i am, so it looks like i'll be sitting on version 1.00 for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidhes Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 The time sync issue was fixed with the update of playtv, so you need to find a way to hook your ps3 up to the net and update it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Archer Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 The time sync issue was fixed with the update of playtv, so you need to find a way to hook your ps3 up to the net and update it. Thanks, looks like ill have to hook it up at a relatives house. Does anyone know if you have to have playTV hooked up to an antenna when updating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlerd303 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 From the comments on the PS3 PlayTV Blog: Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 1:19 pm by Mark Bunting Scott, thanks for the post, UHF scanning will be fixed too. The tuners are capable of HD but this is actually done in the software and we have no plans to change the hardware as you have said it works well on MPEG-2 (in the UK it is MPEG-2 at the moment) and we are perfecting it for MPEG-4. Michael is correct but there may have been some information lost in translation, the work to ensure that HD works consistently well in all modes needs to be done for each country as broadcasters are different (even in the same country) so what he was inferring is that we will test HD in Australia and optimise it for there. For example, one of the broadcasters use progressive playback and this is not done anywhere else so we need to make a change to ensure that PlayTV handles that correctly. The stuttering that you get is also caused by the significant amounts of data carried by MPEG-2 HD (MPEG-4 HD carries less) so we need to get that to the HDD properly and we are in the process of testing the work we have done to reduce the stuttering. Cheers Mark Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm by Mark Bunting D4RhR4in, I have put more detail in the reply to Scott @176, so in summary for you the answer is we have no plans to change the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Smythe Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 My PlayTV has arrived from GAME UK today in the post... took just over a week to arrive. Paid 60.95GBP incl postage. Looking forward to getting it installed and up and running, but I think I'll wait until the 500GB PS3 HDD upgrade I have ordered arrives Hardly any space left on the 40GB drive right now! Great news regarding Australian release (and I guess FW) in the 4th QTR too... Cheers, Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfyer Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Any developments with the Australian release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Nothing yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 No release date, but they are now saying to be released in time for Xmas this year... He [sony Computer Entertainment Australia chief Michael Ephraim] said the local firm also plans to launch the Sony PlayTV, an HD-capable personal video recorder that plugs into the PS3, before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe man Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Anyone want to buy my Playtv, ordered from Game, I live in the not compatible area and it can not scan in channels (wish i had of checked this before hand). $125 firm. Cheers Dean, pm me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmtheo1503560626 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Does anyone know the latest goss on whether or not the UK PlayTV will be able to have, or is getting, a software update so it will work properly in OZ? I read that the hardware in the Oz release will be the same as the UK's so there's a 99% chance it will... but that other 1% is holding me back! Edited September 3, 2009 by jmtheo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan76n Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Has anyone got one of these who lives on the goldcoast working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boric Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Has anyone got one of these who lives on the goldcoast working? It won't work on the Gold Coast. Unless you can pick up a signal from Brisbane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boric Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) Does anyone know the latest goss on whether or not the UK PlayTV will be able to have, or is getting, a software update so it will work properly in OZ? I read that the hardware in the Oz release will be the same as the UK's so there's a 99% chance it will... but that other 1% is holding me back! It is the same hardware. Sony don't appear to be in the habit of releasing regional versions anymore. 99.9% certain an update will appear 'soon'. Edited September 4, 2009 by boric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezok Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 with the pound now around 55p there is no excuse for those that cant be arsed waiting for the aussie version! probably like $120 delivered now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agdp Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Any news yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyllip Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Dunno, it's either early-mid 2010 along with the HD video store download service or its not coming at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Is that set in concrete like the rumoured release for the Beijing Olympics in 2008? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezok Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Is that set in concrete like the rumoured release for the Beijing Olympics in 2008? ...and the UK one is still giving me stress free recordings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicarius123 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Isn't the next firmware meant to fix up the UHF issue anyway? I'd guess that once they fix the issue and release the firmware they'll look at shipping to Aus soon after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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