Umm, aren't you just asking for a DVR?BrainZEROX said:Sounds cool but only one input for antenna signal and no output killed my interest for the thing. I don't want to have to switch on my PS3 every time I want to watch TV. I'll have to wait for PlayTV 2.0 I guess...
BrainZEROX said:Sounds cool but only one input for antenna signal and no output killed my interest for the thing. I don't want to have to switch on my PS3 every time I want to watch TV. I'll have to wait for PlayTV 2.0 I guess...
Youtube someone?TTP said:Check it out for yourself. Short video straight from PlayTV.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlDU2VzNDJwTVVLSkE9PQ
DrXym: will definetly test that as soon as I got the cable back from wife.
Works fine in VLC.TTP said:Check it out for yourself. Short video straight from PlayTV.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlDU2VzNDJwTVVLSkE9PQ
DrXym: will definetly test that as soon as I got the cable back from wife.
pr0cs said:Not much point really as there aren't a lot of OTA channels (YMMV).
pr0cs said:Not much point really as there aren't a lot of OTA channels (YMMV).
Over the air.TheExodu5 said:OTA?
Whatever that is, we have lots of digital channels on Rogers. All of our main cable is digital and analog, and we have a lot of exclusive digital channels.
DrXym said:Can you try this:
1. Set to record
2. Shutdown
3. Physically turn PS3 off and on via switch
4. Does it still wake up?
If yes, then:
1. Set to record
2. Shutdown
3. Unplug PlayTV dongle
4. Does it wake up?
If the answer to the first test is No then it means its only pretending to go into standby and could be consuming quite a lot of power as the CPU is still on. If the answer to the first is yes and the second is no then it means the PlayTV dongle is waking up the PS3. If it's Yes and Yes then the PS3 is managing to do it by itself.
McBacon said:When the PS3 wakes up/shuts off to record, does it make that high pitched beeping sound?
McBacon said:Oh and another question, sorry
Could you unplug the HDMI cable before you go to bed, or unplug your TV's power or something - that would avoid the noise/light, and it would still record, right?
pswii60 said:I suppose I'd have to buy a booster/splitter too then.
TTP said:Sorry for the late reply (and the bump), but I just got a chance to test this.
Results: the answer is YES for both. Magic!
TTP said:Yes when u shut it off from within PlayTV (two beeps with blinking led - perhaps a bug).
No when u shut it off after exiting PlayTV.
No when wakes up.
No when shuts off after recording is done.
TTP said:[...]
Yeah, I guess so. Digital TV signal is very strong and clean tho, so you shouldn't lose video quality.
Something like this should suffice.
DrXym said:Awesome! I'm very impressed. Out of interest, what model PS3 do you have?
Xater said:@ TTP:
Can I record something on one channel and watch something else on another channel at the same time?
cjelly said:Umm, aren't you just asking for a DVR?
That was what I expected from PlayTV: my TV, my PS3 as a multimedia gaming center and nothing else around.navanman said:WTF MAN?
If it was what you are asking for, it would just be a DTT set top box.
The whole point in a PVR (or device like this to turn your PS3 into an energy inefficient one) is that you basically never watch Live TV.pswii60 said:Just noticed, does it have no thru/output for the antenna?
How am I supposed to use the integrated Freeview on my TV? I only want to use PlayTV as a PVR, I don't want to have to turn on my PS3 every friggin time I want to watch TV.
I suppose I'd have to buy a booster/splitter too then.
bryehn said:Any other compression options besides MPEG2?
Pretty outdated. Won't handle HD content very well at 4.8 MBPS at all.
carlosp said:Hell NO. I have a samsung TV with build-in DVB-T tuner. I wanted to switch between DVB-T and analog TV on fly and bought this gadget and after i pluged it in i realized you lose so much signal on both sides, that watching TV is not possible anymore. I will buy Play TV for watching DVB-T without being forced to plug one cable out and the other one in everytime i wanna watch DVB-T.
DrPirate said:Essentially what I wish to know is, if I imported PlayTV right? Would it work out of the box?
No other PAL countries? (Australia, New Zealand?)TTP said:Don't think so. During the set up process it asks to choose the country you live in (besides the language you speak, that's another step of the set up process and just affects the PlayTV menus language) and it only lists European countries there.
DrPirate said:Just a question to Canadians:
I just moved to Ontario like, 2 weeks ago. Does Toronto have this type of digital over the air service for broadcasting?
Essentially what I wish to know is, if I imported PlayTV right? Would it work out of the box?
That reached the download limit on that site rather quickly. Can you make it available from http://www.sendspace.com/ instead please? I want to see the quality.TTP said:Check it out for yourself. Short video straight from PlayTV.
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlDU2VzNDJwTVVLSkE9PQ
DrXym: will definetly test that as soon as I got the cable back from wife.
As others have said, it's justbryehn said:Any other compression options besides MPEG2?
Pretty outdated. Won't handle HD content very well at 4.8 MBPS at all.
I don't think it's transcoding. I think it's just copying the stream in its raw form.Tntnnbltn said:As others have said, it's just transcoding the stream as it comes over the air. I believe our HD channels in Australia are ~11 MBPS.
I thought that's what transcoding meant. :lol Knew I should've checked on Wikipedia first.Schrade said:I don't think it's transcoding. I think it's just copying the stream in its raw form.
TTP said:Don't think so. During the set up process it asks to choose the country you live in (besides the language you speak, that's another step of the set up process and just affects the PlayTV menus language) and it only lists European countries there.
Schrade said:That reached the download limit on that site rather quickly. Can you make it available from http://www.sendspace.com/ instead please? I want to see the quality.
Tntnnbltn said:No other PAL countries? (Australia, New Zealand?)
TTP said:No idea what "other" refers to. It shows a map of the whole Earth when selecting it. Doesn't allow to specify any particular country. After selecting it, it begins scanning for channels.
nofi said:Outer space? Maybe it's for those of us orbiting the Earth in a satellite.
pr0cs said:Not much point really as there aren't a lot of OTA channels (YMMV).
Your Mileage May VaryAranhaHunter said:What's YMMV?
You can't record directly to an external HDD, but you could export to the XMB and then transfer it.AranhaHunter said:I wish we could get this in the US, can you use Play TV with an external HDD?
marc^o^ said:Do other get erractic results for these channels?
Erratic, not erotic. ;-)fanboi said:Well, if its porn, I hope so.