Comments on: PlayTV Gets Even Better With 1.21 Update

By: aussiegrossy

aussiegrossy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:06:03 +0000

I am also having the freezing problems on startup with the latest firmware. very annoying. Apart from that I am loving the playtv.

By: NotZed

NotZed — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:25:23 +0000

Since there seems nowhere else to send these things – there’s a bug in the recording schedule.

If you set a show to record with say ‘end recording 10 minutes later’, and then after the shows normal finishing time has passed (but not the 10 minute extension) you then set it to ‘end recording on time’, i.e. set it to the ‘past’, the recording never finishes.

Got 10 hours of infomercials last night.

By: iain001

iain001 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:07:15 +0000

My TDT receptor box died so I bought PlayTV as a replacement. It’s ok but startup is far too slow, unless I have not set it up correctly. The latest 1.21 download hasn’t helped.
1)When turning on TV I have to select ‘input AV4′ each time to connect with the PS3. Didn’t have to do this with the previous TDT box. Is there a way that I can get the TV to start up automatically connected to PS3? Am currently using the connector with 5 colours – Would another type of cable help?
2)Is there a way for PlayTV to startup automatically without having to manually select it in XMB. I would prefer to have to quit PlayTV to do something else rather than have to select PlayTV on startup. I have already set it up so that LiveTV starts automatically once PlayTV is manually selected.
Also have the following questions:
a)Is there a way to sort programmes into the order I want?
b)Why isn’t there a volume control or on/off button on the PlayTV remote?
c)When is the next Download scheduled?

By: NotZed

NotZed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:28:18 +0000

Good work guys – very impressed with it so far. Now if only I didn’t have the original PS3 which uses so much power

Damn, wrote a long comment but small limit … so short, blunt, anti-grammatical version follows:

- OSD is too high (hdtv;why overscan?), and stays on too long (or forever). Lower, and a shorter timeout that always applies would be lovely. Most annoying thing so far.
- Button repeat too slow in guide.Use same as xmb speed?
- All Popups should allow ‘o’ to close.
- Printed manual is really awful, just as well you don’t need it!
- Consistency! Now have 6 completely different menu systems for multimedia on ps3 – xmb, internet browser, playtv, photo viewer, horrid ps2-style overlay for xmb media players, and eye-create. Feels like a personal computer running 3rd party apps, not an intergrated solution from a single vendor. I would really love just having xmb as the `desktop’ and photo-viewer main menu for all apps, with xmb dialogue `boxes’/'wizards’ for settings, plus 1 consistent `on-screen remote’.

wishlists:
- transcode to save disk space and to transfer to psp.
- start faster!
- upscale frame-rate as well as size. 25fps non-interlaced -> 50fps, like newer tv’s.

By: kevvykev78

kevvykev78 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:14 +0000

I love using PLAY TV on my PS3, I’ve been recording programs and using the lovely “Export To Home Menu” feature which works like a treat but it would be great if the thumbnails in the home menu worked like standard video files with the preview clips?

By: chafskjold

chafskjold — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:52 +0000

Good news from Norway. I have tested PlayTV for quite a while now, but until the update in April, there wasn’t much to see. I have therefore been following the development in New Zealand, as we seem to have the same DVB-T standard (H.264/Mpeg-4 AVC). After April I had picture, but no sound, but with the 1.21 I now have both picture AND sound. Just after the update, there was a problem with the sound on the recording, but when I checked yesterday, I had playback with sound! That means that PlayTV is now (almost) fully functional in Norway.

The only problem I have now is that the clock is an hour off, but as long as the clock and the program guide are in sync (and they are), it’s not really a problem.

Please note that PlayTV is not sold or marketed in Norway – I ordered mine from Amazon.co.uk. As PlayTV only supports Free to air, that means you can only watch NRK1, NRK2 and NKR3/Super.

By: yeswotever

yeswotever — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:42 +0000

Mark, I personally think Play TV is fantastic, i use it everyday on the HDTV in my bedroom & it looks really good, a few things i would like to see in future updates would be

1) SERIES LINK!!!!!, could you not even give us a rough idea if/when this is coming i.e Q2 2010.
2) 2 recordings at once, either with the existing hardware or support for a second Play TV box.
3) whilst we are on the subject of the Play TV box I would suggest the new version be compatible with the DVB-T2 standard & have RF in AND out!!!! along with a USB port replicator
4) remote recording, i.e if i forget to set the recorder for a tv show i could access the program guide via a PC & send a message to my PS3 at home to record it. SKY have this function & it is brilliant!!!

I look forward to your response

Cheers

Chris

By: egoitzro

egoitzro — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:12:25 +0000

sorry (my english is not well), if you use the play-tv system, how can you burn a large video files into external device such as a hard disk or a pendrive? the ps3 can not write to ntfs or ext3.

By: egoitzro

egoitzro — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:08:51 +0000

if you use the play-tv system, how can you burn video files into a large external device such as a hard disk or a pendrive? since the ps3 is not able to write to ntfs or ext3.

By: volax7

volax7 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:42:34 +0000

I’ve got this PlayTV now 9 months and seen it getting better in every update.

Features I wish to see in PlayTV:

• Option to disable information pop up that comes when recording of scheduled TV program starts and stops (this comes for example while watching Blu-Ray, DVD, TV) I really do not need that information then.
• Record two channels at the same time
• Option to see TV channels signal strenght
• Manual search for TV channels
• Option to see that in whitch UHF channel found TV channel is
• It is annoying that subtitles do not stay unless they are “burned in the screen” when recordings are moved to XMB
• Option to only copy not move recordings to XMB
• 60 x fast forward / rewind
• Basic editing recorded programs would be nice
• In library, option to start playing saved programs from the beginning
• PIP
• Option to save what is in live TV buffer

By: LuzbelFullHD

LuzbelFullHD — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:27:22 +0000

My wish list:

1) Sort/rearrange order of channels
2) Recording like in a classic VHS or tape recorder. Just press a button to start , just press a button to finish. (No EPG or programming: EPG is not reliable in Spain!!!)
3) MHP
4) PiP and PaP , it’s a dual tuner !!!
5) Support ShowView codes
6) Split files in 4GB parts , so you can export to FAT32
7) Basic editing of video, so you can remove some minutes you don’t want (Many PVR can do this)
8- Record both audio channels in dual broadcasts. Right now, only the active language is recorded
9) Fix audio HD recording.
10) Teletext subtitles, and not the ugly pictures DVB broadcasts
11) Teletext
12) Export to UDF formated USB external drives

By: komandoo

komandoo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:18:47 +0000

Hi like all the others love all the updates and having just bought the Aino, am lovin that tooo.

My question is I live in Spain and watch play tv Spain when an Engish film comes on the laungaue goes into English as its my prefered Laungauge in the profile menu.

However when I record an English film it will not allow me once recorded to liston to it in English Why…..

By: EncodedFun

EncodedFun — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:08:22 +0000

I dont get why Sony cant see the massive potential in a Play Tv box, that have these abilitys:
DVB-TV 1-2
MPEG4 Tuner
Slot for decoder card
The software platform is already in place and as such it cant be a big problem to make one or two different iterations of the box for the different areas of EU, then people can make up there own mind, to witch box they want to buy.
For my sake, i would give my right arm if the Play Tv box could do the things mention above.
Just sad that Sony dont see this potential… :0(

By: naivsupr

naivsupr — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:08:11 +0000

Works great in Norway now (mpeg-4)! The Norwegian national broadcaster “NRK” transmits all its channels without scrambling. (my playtv has been collecting dust since I bought it in Germany in September -08, glad I never got to sell it on ebay.de)

By: lvh93

lvh93 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:05 +0000

I have a PS3 with PlayTV and a 500 gb harddrive with 10-20 pages of recordings. Cleaning up all this recordings is a time consuming work since the “cursor” returns to top everytime i delete a recording.
Life would be very much easier if the “cursor” would stay at the next recording when deleting a recording.
Grouping the recordings would be a nice thing also…
And of course the series thing would be fantastic…

By: CampusV

CampusV — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:24:33 +0000

i think PlayTV is a good idea but we need more channels like sky 1 sky 2 jetix and more films and kids and enternment channels. my idea is make a store in playTV so you can buy the channels that you want and watch it for free for life that i think its a good idea.

and another idea i have for PlayTV when use make another update for playstation 3 can use try and make PlayTV go as wirelless than having to use an 1 of those digtal aral to pick up channels so that you can plug in the PlayTV up to the PS3 and watch it through wireless boardband internet if you know what i mean. rebly back please

By: dannyandmel

dannyandmel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:51:58 +0000

Please can you fix the bravia sync issues in play tv.
1. If you turn off the TV with the remote Play TV stops the PS3 turning off over the Bravia sync. This means you have to manually exit playtv first which…..
2. you cannot exit play tv with a sony tv remote over bravia sync because there is no way of getting to the exit icon!! This means you then have to turn on the PS3 controller just to exit. All the other features in playtv are scrollable with the tv remote!!
3. As per everybody else, series link and 14 day programme please

4. Choosing a destination to record to is surely a must. As our primary purpose for the playstation is a mediacentre the missus records lots of telly. 120gb will be OK for a while but would prefer to record to a NAS disk to keep the PS3 tidy!

5. Recording two channels. Obviously it is capable as you can set it to record one channel then pause another whilst it is recording. Why not go the whole hog and allow us to set 2 recordings at the same time.

By: Alyndri

Alyndri — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51:41 +0000

Hi Sony team!

Awesome work on PlayTV. I’m in New Zealand and now that all channels are working I’m importing my unit from the UK. It should be here next week.

Seeing the only issue here is the EPG, why don’t you just release it before xmas anyway and sort that out with a future firmware update?

By: halfaworldaway

halfaworldaway — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:43 +0000

Does this work in Nroway?

By: wilt64

wilt64 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:58:57 +0000

Good day James and the development team, I would like to give a big thanks to you all for the fantastic update well done guys, PlayTV is now a very polished product. It is nice to now have all channels with audio and full record here in New Zealand. I can see once PlayTV is released here it will be a major seller.
As you know the only remainder issue for us is the EIT EPG is not fully populating as FreeviewHD NZ use (the horrible) MHEG-5 EPG.
I have found one small bug, if you export anything that is in AAC/AAC+ from the library to the XMB audio is lost, AC3 is fine, just thought I would pass that on.
Again thanks for the great product and we all look forward to future updates.