Record High Def TV on PS3

[The Sleeping Giant]

Hooray.

I have finally found a use for my hardly used PS3.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Bought and installed PlayTV this morning. Easy install and setup. Cleaned the PS3 hard drive up, so plenty of room to record.

p.s. Got it setup just in time to see that show pony Watson get out for a duck in glorious HD. Nice.

[Wedgie]

Did you import yours too mate or buy locally?

[The Sleeping Giant]

Bought locally. Can't import everything. Doesn't feel right.

Surprised at how small the add on is.

[Wedgie]

Nice deal in today's JB catelogue. 250gb PS3, Assassins Creed, HDMI cable and the Play TV for $599. Seriously considering it.

[Dutchy]

$139 at Target now I see

[blues2002]

Went to Target Sefton Park, sold out already @ $139!
Got a raincheck, then went to EBGames they had 1 left and price matched.

Works great, except it found ABC channels but none of them work. Why would 1 set of channels not work, are they a way different frequency or something? Is it worth rescanning?

[blues2002]

Nice deal in today's JB catelogue. 250gb PS3, Assassins Creed, HDMI cable and the Play TV for $599. Seriously considering it.

That's a sweet deal.

Gonna need at least 250G with a playTV, I'm day one and already have a dozen programs set to record from it's EPG.

I know you can swap in a 500g laptop drive, maybe a 640g, are there any larger laptop ones that are still thin enough to fit?

[Dutchy]

Went to Target Sefton Park, sold out already @ $139!
Got a raincheck, then went to EBGames they had 1 left and price matched.

Works great, except it found ABC channels but none of them work. Why would 1 set of channels not work, are they a way different frequency or something? Is it worth rescanning?

Should be no probs if you have the region as Australia, try rescanning

[zipzap]

I've never considered getting one of these but this thread has got me thinking about it as a PVR alternative.
Currently I have a PC / media centre which is getting a bit creaky but through it I am able to:
- browse www on TV incl. ABC iView
- watch / record HDTV
- watch DVDs
- stream files wirelessly over network
- transfer files easily between inbuilt HD and external USB drive
- watch all kinds of video files from external USB drive
- play games

From those with PS3 experience, is it pretty much capable of doing all the above?
How well does it compare to a dedicated PVR or are there some drawbacks?
Is it easy to upgrade the HD?
Can you hypothetically chip / tweak it to play hypothetically naughty games?

Cheers for any advice

[Dutchy]

I've never considered getting one of these but this thread has got me thinking about it as a PVR alternative.
Currently I have a PC / media centre which is getting a bit creaky but through it I am able to:
- browse www on TV incl. ABC iView
- watch / record HDTV
- watch DVDs
- stream files wirelessly over network
- transfer files easily between inbuilt HD and external USB drive
- watch all kinds of video files from external USB drive
- play games

From those with PS3 experience, is it pretty much capable of doing all the above?
How well does it compare to a dedicated PVR or are there some drawbacks?
Is it easy to upgrade the HD?
Can you hypothetically chip / tweak it to play hypothetically naughty games?

Cheers for any advice

can do most of the above, but cant export to external device if over 4 gig, its easy to upgrade the HD, I did it and only took 5 mins, not sure if PS3's can be chipped

[Westsider]

PS3's cant be chipped... well not yet anyway, and they've been out for a while

[smac]

Getting closer...

http://www.news.com.au/technology/georg ... 5823503219

Soon enough the PS3 will be chippable (new word?), then it will be worth buying.

[HH3]

I would stay away from chipping my PS3...apparently the chipped Xboxs "red ring" as soon as they go online...and pretty much turns the console into a plastic brick.

[the big bang]

I would stay away from chipping my PS3...apparently the chipped Xboxs "red ring" as soon as they go online...and pretty much turns the console into a plastic brick.

yes. i definetly wouldnt be volunteering my console to be te first one chipped! a bit sketchy if SONY can do the same to my ps3 as what has happened to chipped xbox 360's. as HH3 said, they are useless after they have done it, and have not heard of anyone being able to "reverse" the "bricking", not even if you get it "un-chipped".

[BIG SEXY]

can anyone with play tv advise me on the following please...it has been rumoured by an acquaintance, who i dont completely trust when it comes ot things IT, that even though we are in the riverland, if you get play tv for your ps3 you will be able to pick up one HD, and all the other free to air channels. can anyone shed osme light onthis for me please?

[Dutchy]

can anyone with play tv advise me on the following please...it has been rumoured by an acquaintance, who i dont completely trust when it comes ot things IT, that even though we are in the riverland, if you get play tv for your ps3 you will be able to pick up one HD, and all the other free to air channels. can anyone shed osme light onthis for me please?

Cant see how that would be the case, it just works like any digital set top box, so if you cant get it now I cant see how PLayTV will get it.

For those that have PlayTV there is a software update jsut released that gets rid of some of the bugs. Make sure you update

[Westsider]

can anyone with play tv advise me on the following please...it has been rumoured by an acquaintance, who i dont completely trust when it comes ot things IT, that even though we are in the riverland, if you get play tv for your ps3 you will be able to pick up one HD, and all the other free to air channels. can anyone shed osme light onthis for me please?

Get a HD set top box.

[BIG SEXY]

i have a HD TV. just in an area that doesnt transmit those channels

[Westsider]

Then playtv won't assist you.