EU gets PlayTV for PS3 March 28th !!!

UK retailer Play.com has placed a listing for the upcoming PlayTV peripheral on its website. This Europe-exclusive add-on for the PS3 will allow PS3 owners to do a number of cool things, such as:

• Record and view your favourite programmes at the same time - Play TV enables you to record both Standard Definition as well as High Definition
  
• Personal Video Recorder functionality - watch live TV, pause, fast forward and rewind
  
• Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) to show what's on, now and next - up to 7 days in advance in certain countries
  
• Mobile TV functionality - export content easily from PS3 HDD to PSP - watch TV on the go! Thanks to live streaming, you can watch your favourite show whilst abroad
  
• Channel surf with either your BD remote or your Sixaxis

The site has a March 28th release date and a £99.99 price point.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/tag/PlayTV/

Cant wait

[crainger]

Wonder how long AU has to wait? ::

[BioHazZarD]

is this for all countries in EU ?

[Toss3]

Originally Posted by BioHazZarD

is this for all countries in EU ?

Nope,

PlayTV will be available in UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain early in 2008, with other PAL territories to follow in the future.

But you can always order one from Germany.

So this is basically just a DVB-T digibox, with PVR capabilities?

[Toss3]

Originally Posted by crainger

Wonder how long AU has to wait? ::

Well, if you have Digital Terrestrial television, then not long.

[crainger]

Originally Posted by Toss3

Well, if you have Digital Terrestrial television, then not long.

We do. So I hope not long.

[XDanger]

Originally Posted by Toss3

So this is basically just a DVB-T digibox, with PVR capabilities?

And a slingbox or whatever its called