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PS3 Console \ PlayTV coming to Australia!!

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texinick
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texinick says:
PlayTV will be released in Australia in the 4th Quarter of this year for under $200!! WOOHOOOOO!


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29/04/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
Jet
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Jet says:
Cool I will be looking forward to this
29/04/2008
Brisbane
texinick
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texinick says:
Me too... I've been wanting to get back to PVR functionality, having been stuck with a plain old HD Set Top Box for a year or so. I'm definitely going to hold out for this now! One less item in the entertainment unit, and from what I read, the recorded shows can be copied anywhere.. no DRM!
29/04/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
Rashy
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Rashy says:
Nice find!

This was a contributing factor to me buying a PS3.
29/04/2008
Sydney
grimace
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grimace says:
What exactly does it do? Something to do with FTA tv is all i can gather...
29/04/2008
Perth
Astrolite
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Astrolite says:
Turns your PS3 into a Digital Set Top box recorder for taping free to air TV. The VCR of the digital era. I want it cause everything I record is trapped on my 250gig LG set top box, with the PS3 I can put anything good on an external HDD, yay!
29/04/2008
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Rashy
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Rashy says:
It's a major move towards your console truly becoming the centre of your entertainment system.
29/04/2008
Sydney
adbub
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adbub says:
So its a HD reciever plus a HD recorder??
29/04/2008
Australia
texinick
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texinick says:
Not really, it's part of that, but ends up giving you that funciontality. It's a HD Digital Receiver, that records to your PS3's hard drive.
29/04/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
nhutty
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nhutty says:
im not really too excited about this product, im more looking forward to Foxtel HD IQ2
29/04/2008
Melbourne Victoria
amiaq
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amiaq says:
hmmm ..... "only can directly record to internal hard drive, but can back up to external drive" ??

seems that upgrading the internal drive inevitable
29/04/2008
perth
texinick
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texinick says:

amiaq said: hmmm ..... "only can directly record to internal hard drive, but can back up to external drive" ??

seems that upgrading the internal drive in inevitable



I reckon! 40gb isn't going to allow for too much tv to be recorded at high-def. Considering all the games that are having to be installed, we're not going to have anywhere near the full 40gb available.

Maybe a future firmware update could fix this? Maybe it can't? I wonder if there is a technical issue recording to a USB drive, i.e. data not being moved quickly enough?
29/04/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
Astrolite
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Astrolite says:

amiaq said: hmmm ..... "only can directly record to internal hard drive, but can back up to external drive" ??
seems that upgrading the internal drive inevitable

No probs, my PS3 is allready 160gig, but I'm thinking of upgrading anyway.
29/04/2008
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hugo
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hugo says:
Yeah I'd consider this if I could record to an external usb drive.

My PS3's 250gb drive only has 50gb left!!
29/04/2008
Hobart, Tasmania
ironmonkey
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ironmonkey says:
Brilliant news! Just need to pop a 250GB + drive in my PS3 and I'll be all set.

Looking forward to using it with remote play on my PSP
30/04/2008
Sydney
mdell
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mdell says:
most hdtv's come with a built in hd decoder though.

You can't record obviously but you can watch hd broadcasts in High def.

You probably already have your ps3 set up with your pc for media streaming too.....in which case you can just get a 50 buck hdtv card for your pc and stream what you record to your PS3 and watch it.

$200 for what is basically a hdtv card is a bit steep
30/04/2008
Adelaide
azza92
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azza92 says:

mdell said: most hdtv's come with a built in hd decoder though.

You can't record obviously but you can watch hd broadcasts in High def.

You probably already have your ps3 set up with your pc for media streaming too.....in which case you can just get a 50 buck hdtv card for your pc and stream what you record to your PS3 and watch it.

$200 for what is basically a hdtv card is a bit steep



yeah i see what your saying. i still think its a real good idea im not sure if im going to buy it for $200
30/04/2008
London
texinick
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texinick says:
I already have EyeTV for my Mac, but I never use it. I don't have the aerial anywhere near my computer.

For the sake of not needing to use my computer just to record, and then copying things around, I'd definitely get this item.
30/04/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
amiaq
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amiaq says:
anyone can tell me where to get the best deal for "Internal HDD" ?? thanks
30/04/2008
perth
stonecold
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stonecold says:
I loss interest in this now
30/04/2008
perth
Rashy
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Rashy says:
Anyone know if the PS3 formats the HDD as FAT32 or NTFS?

From memory it's FAT32 (but I don't know where I got that from ) If so that would mean the biggest file size it will hold is 4GB.

That accounts for a fair whack of recording (depending on quality obviously), I'd still like to know that if I need more I can get it (ie Olympics, Cricket or other sport etc) without having to programme it to do it in blocks.

Any ideas?

EDIT:

amiaq said: anyone can tell me where to get the best deal for "Internal HDD" ?? thanks



Try www.staticice.com.au
30/04/2008
Sydney
Gaetano
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Gaetano says:
Awesome news! Can't waiT!
30/04/2008
Melbourne
Jet
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Jet says:

Rashy said: Anyone know if the PS3 formats the HDD as FAT32 or NTFS?

From memory it's FAT32 (but I don't know where I got that from ) If so that would mean the biggest file size it will hold is 4GB.

That accounts for a fair whack of recording (depending on quality obviously), I'd still like to know that if I need more I can get it (ie Olympics, Cricket or other sport etc) without having to programme it to do it in blocks.

Any ideas?

Try

Even though the ps3 is fat32 it seems to let video files bigger than 4GB go. So maybe it has a slight variation to fat32 or something but myself and many other have HD video files on our ps3's of 8-16GB's with no worries, so you should be right
30/04/2008
Brisbane
Rashy
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Rashy says:  

Jet said: Even though the ps3 is fat32 it seems to let video files bigger than 4GB go. So maybe it has a slight variation to fat32 or something but myself and many other have HD video files on our ps3's of 8-16GB's with no worries, so you should be right



Thanks Jet.
30/04/2008
Sydney
Kjt15
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Kjt15 says:
So do i need a HD set top box for this or is this one itself?
30/04/2008
QLD
 
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