PlayTV recordings no longer transferable, says Sony
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: August 14, 2008 | 5 Comments
In an article over at Eurogamer, Sony has said that PlayTV will no longer allow saved video files to be transferred to PSP, PC or Memory Stick as originally planned.
This is set to be a huge blow to fans hoping to pick one up as it’s just lost one of its main functions.
The PS3 TV recorder will now only be able to stream live or recorded content over to the PSP using the Remote Play feature.
Those responsible for the bad news, Sony Cambridge stated: “there was no copy protection or time restrictions on the standard format recordings, which could be moved freely onto all manner of storage devices”
With the device still set to launch in the UK on 19th September for £69.99, I can pretty much say that Sony would have lost out on quite a number of potential buyers, as I can personally say I was looking forward to recording clips and transferring them to any device to watch at any time, doesn’t look possible now, So its a big disappointment from Sony. What do you guys think of this? Post your comments below.
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I have still yet to see any evidence at all that this is the case. A guy at Eurogamer saying ‘Sony told me’ isn’t exactly concrete imo yet that is the story everyone is spreading.
If it is true then is really annoying and what was an essential purchase for me would become far less so.
Major blow!!!! It might not be that bad for them in Europe but if this would have beenn released in America and they issued a statement like that, there would be no point in buying it.
Most public access points are secure anyway and if you ask people for the WEP key they dont even know it. Then you have the wifi access points that they want you to pay for. I dont think I should pay to watch the videos I recorded…
I’ve been waiting patiently for what seems forever for the playTv and now feel really let down….not being able to transfer recordings to the the psp (remote play is not much use on the train, is it?) negates the advantage over the pvr I had decided not to get. C’mon Sony….I was gagging to buy this, now Humax will get my business (can’t tell you how annoying this change of drm heart is).
yup, this sucks..
there really is no reason to buy this now, as most dvr’s will let you do this nowadays..
damn sony and their stupid DRM schemes..
This is the main reason why I have just had a sky+ box fitted instead of waiting for PlayTV, I was really looking forward to playtv too
damn you sony