Sony gets it right in more ways than one.

[ExtremePC]

PlayStation 3 PlayTV Recordings Can Be Copied Anywhere



For the first time in a long time, we want to grab Sony and kiss them square on the lips. Because PlayTV, the PlayStation 3's DVR/PVR (that's not coming to the States yet), will record television to MPEG2 files that can be easily copied off the system to any storage medium you'd like. That's right, no DRM.


But can Sony do such things legally? According to their producer Mark Bunting, it's fair game:

We've talked to our legal department about it. All we're doing is moving it out of PlayTV and to the cross-media bar as if it was any other recording. So hopefully users won't do stuff they shouldn't do with it...If I'm prohibited from getting the recording off and storing it somewhere else because some other dude is making money out of selling it, then I'd rather they brought the law in to catch those people.

Sony seems to have come a long way in a short period of time.

ESAD MS, ESAD FreeTV, ESAD Tivo.

[audiophile]

pity the sony music department was not on the same wave length.......

[vlad]

No word from Sony on when it will be available. Initial statement was - year 2008.

[ExtremePC]

Originally Posted by vlad

No word from Sony on when it will be available. Initial statement was - year 2008.

Sept 2008

[bigdonk]

any info or leads on where the PS3 PlayTV will be sourcing it's AUS EPG ?, is it EIT, or via download ?

Sure hope it's not another exclusive deal with Nine ( HWW )

[ExtremePC]

Originally Posted by bigdonk

any info or leads on where the PS3 PlayTV will be sourcing it's AUS EPG ?, is it EIT, or via download ?

Sure hope it's not another exclusive deal with Nine ( HWW )

EIT of course.

[simbot82]

Yeah I posted this back in Feb

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...aytv-info.html

I may get the PS3 purely for PLaytv ease of use if it works as it seems to