Sony’s PS3 digital TV recorder to allow users to use content freely
Though it may only be the techno-savvy who will be excited by the news, the fact that Sony’s upcoming PS3 PVR PlayTV will not implement any kind of DRM (digital rights management) is potentially quite important.
Content recorded from the Freeview tuner is converted into MPEG-2 format and can then be moved from the PlayTV interface to the PS3’s menu, Eurogamer reports.
From there it can be easily transferred to another device via memory stick or an external hard drive. No copy protection or time limits will be enforced, meaning users will be able to transfer content to devices such as PSP, mobile phone or even iPods.
Speaking about the legality of distributing copyrighted content, Sony Cambridge Studio producer Mark Bunting said: "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.”
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I should bloody well hope so!
I sincerely hope it will be DRM-free. Who in their right minds would protect television content that you can record (DRM-free) using a Freeview box and/or a PVR with Freeview reception integrated?
And all for a great deal cheaper than the PS3 unit, that's rumoured to be extortionately priced at about £100, by the way, according to HMV and Play.com.
By the way, does anyone know who Sony's OEMed this from or is it actually their own technology?
Seriously cool
So, I could record anything off the tele and then copy it over to my iPod or PSP? Very nice. I have a PVR so don't really need one as such, but this is seriously tempting. Could get me using my PSP a bit more.
Very delayed
Where is this Play TV. It should be out by now! Sony should set a released date when they announce new products. I'm getting fed up with waiting, they have lost another customer.
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