Incoming Call: PlayTV Update brings mobile TV?
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If you happen to own the black box of tricks that is PlayTV, you might want to check the most recent update.
The 24 MB update takes the tally up to 1.21 and adds a few rather nice features.
And one particularly AWESOME feature…
The full list of changes is below.
- Support for Australian Digital TV
- Watch, Pause and Record High Definition TV
- Multichannel Audio Playback
- Improved Remote Play usability
- Better Standard Definition Upscaling
- Requirement for System Software 3.0
- Support for Mobile Phone Remote Play
Yes… you read that right – stream PlayTV to your mobile, presumably swanky new Sony Ericsson numbers like the Anio or Satio. Whether it allows only live TV streaming or recorded programmes also, we should be able to comment on how well this works very soon.
The update to the sound is also a welcome feature – multichannel is always welcome for the audiophiles out there.
The only thing that has us slightly stumped is the ‘Requirement for System Software 3.0′ line – it just seems a bit of an odd update to include.
Anyway: Go. Download. Observe. Return. Comment.
…In that order.
I’ve recently got PlayTV and i’ve got to say i’m not too impressed with the PQ, maybe i need to play with the settings or something. Has anyone else had this problem? It’s so bad that even the mrs has been on at me to get an aerial splitter (which i’ve done now) so she doesn’t have to use it to watch regular tv. The difference between PlayTV and the built-in (in a Panasonic plasma) freeview tuner is worlds apart.
Well, hopefully the “Better standard definition upscaling” will make a difference!
Wonder if the mobile phone remote play will be in the form of an app on the app store (iphone) or Ovi (Nokia), or am i just being very optimistic?
Really?
I’ve found PlayTV to be on a par with my cable provider (rhymes with… erm… merging?) in terms of picture quality – and that was pre-update. I’m on a standard package with no HDTV add-on.
Considering the price of the PlayTV unit and the fact that I could arguably do away with my TV box, there is a great deal of value in the product.
Seems to me that the PS3 has yet another feather in the cap over the competition… now if we could only get some sort of video store in the EU, it would all be peachy!
Check out our review of PlayTV to see what we thought of it.
http://www.ps3attitude.com/2008/10/playtv-review.html
We even did a RePlayTV article a while back looking at the unit’s use after a settling in period.
http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2008/12/re-playtv/
BTW – how was your trip?
I recall you saying you were off gallivanting in October?
Will have to have a play around (excuse the unintentional pun) see if it is the settings then.
Don’t get me wrong i think PlayTV is certainly a great feature to have for those that don’t already own a PVR (or freeview decoder), which was one of the main reasons i got it (well asked for it for my birthday) but i don’t think i’ll be using it to watch the majority of my live tv, (which is becoming less and less recently).
The trip was awesome btw, thanks for asking, it was a 6 month jaunt around the world! Just about getting settled back in to reality…