PlayTV tunes into Australia on November 26

  • By James Kozanecki, GameSpot AU
  • Posted Nov 1, 2009 6:53 pm PT

Sony details the Australian price and release date for its PS3 PVR add-on.

After two years of waiting, Sony’s Aussie arm has finally announced a release date and price for its personal video recorder add-on for the PlayStation 3. PlayTV will arrive down under on November 26 for A$169.95.

PlayTV adds in a dual-HD TV tuner, allowing users to watch TV via their PlayStation 3. It features a seven-day electronic programming guide, as well as streaming content to your PlayStation Portable wirelessly.

PlayTV in action.

Word came down last week that Sony may be planning on releasing the TV tuner soon, when a screenshot surfaced of a patch, specifically pointing out support for Australian digital TV stations in the addition/changes notes.

A local Sony spokesperson also confirmed to GameSpot AU that ABC iView is also still on track to come out in 2009 for the PS3 but wouldn't go into any specifics. Similar to a dedicated YouTube channel, iView allows people to stream complete episodes of ABC shows that have already aired.

For an in-depth look at PlayTV, check out our extensive hands-on here.

19 Comments

  • ALightbulb

    Posted Nov 7, 2009 3:46 pm PT

    @pofolonies,
    Not surprised to hear that from a Collingwood supporter

  • bogan79

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 2:52 am PT

    yep, getting one of these. In short, you can watch HDTV (or SDTV) on the TV via the PS3 and you can record shows

  • Petercairns

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 2:49 am PT

    i do like the idea..but i don't like the price?

  • snokdruid

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 12:40 am PT

    What is the point of it? Seven day electronic programming guide.. called the internet, hd tv tuner? um pointless much

  • pofolonies

    Posted Nov 4, 2009 9:56 pm PT

    not worth the money

  • jamesh-42

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 7:01 pm PT

    Nice to hear the iView app is still scheduled for release this year. Hopefully sooner rather than later though.

  • jamesh-42

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 6:55 pm PT

    Nice to hear the iView app is still scheduled for release this year. Hopefully sooner rather than later though.

  • shani_boy101

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 11:51 pm PT

    awesome. it's around the price i expected and i bet i could find it for around $20 cheaper somewhere. can't wait.

    @Unreal_007
    your dead wrong. the 360 is much more expensive. i did a price comparison before the PS3 slim and it's price drop, and the total cost of the 360 arcade(+live, charger, HDD and wifi costs) basically matched the PS3's then-price of $679, and the ps3 has all those features built-in/included. now with the slim it's at least $150 cheaper in total than the 360.

  • yabbal

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 9:39 pm PT

    I was expecting the price to be lower than this. It is just a USB DVB-T twin tuner after all. All the decoding and other functionality is implemented in the software.

    I bought a USB DVB-T twin tuner for my media center pc for AU$90. I figured the PS3 tuner would be more (it is a Sony product) but $80 more is a bit steep.

  • sasha08

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 6:28 pm PT

    a bit pricey but still cool add-on. HD players are around $300+. I'll need a bigger HHD and this add-on, chewin the wallet but I want it bad.

  • kate_jones

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 4:51 am PT

    sweet, will be picking on up

  • TicTac8745

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 3:13 am PT

    Ohh so tempting for the PVR add-on yet so expensive.

  • monkeyd_93

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 12:55 am PT

    $170 dam thats alot for a little add-on, have to be either real cheap or i get something out of it as well for me to buy it

  • Unreal_007

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 11:25 pm PT

    "That's because it's not from Micro$oft "" I forget exactly which console is the most expensive. According to my calculations and algorithms its the ps3.

  • BlackendV

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 10:30 pm PT

    Nice to see it finally coming out here.

  • Unreal_007

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 10:23 pm PT

    I hope that you can run foxtel through this thing otherwise it is useless...

  • veeks

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 9:08 pm PT

    That's because it's not from Micro$oft

  • jasopan

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 9:03 pm PT

    wait so you can watch TV from your PS3 and?
    SorryI've no idea what's this meant for
    i've got my ps3 hooked to my main tv

  • xblane

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 7:45 pm PT

    I am impressed with the price.. I thought they would have applied the usual "you can pay through the nose because you are from Australia" logic

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