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Play tv
« on: January 17, 2009, 06:06:53 AM »
Okay so I live in the us and I was looking for a alternative to a pay monthly pvr. I came across the play tv and fell in love. and then it broke my heart.  :cry2:.
I found out that it can only be used on uk ps3s. So i was wondering is it only because of the cable or the actual console itself. And does anyone foresee this coming to the us?
I really want one of those. and if there is no chance of it coming to the us what would be a good alternative?
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2009, 10:06:31 AM »
It think it's because UK tv is different then US tv
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 10:11:45 AM »
Quote from: Tri-edge on January 17, 2009, 10:06:31 AM
It think it's because UK tv is different then US tv

meaning the cable / sattelite?
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2009, 10:15:58 AM »
Quote from: loganbyers07 on January 17, 2009, 10:11:45 AM
meaning the cable / sattelite?
different type of signal to the TV.  That's why you have a bunch of NTSC (us) to PAL (UK) converters on ebay.  That way people buy the consoles from the US. and play them on their tvs.  That way they don't have to modchip and wait 3-5 months (or if its ever released) for games to get there. A lot of people import their games from here.
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2009, 10:31:00 AM »
okay so if I bought one of these converters and a uk ps3 I could have the play tv? Or would it still not work?

Noob to over seas stuff =p
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 12:03:12 PM »
no its to do with the way that tv is broadcast in the uk as i think it uses a different bandwidth or frequency than the usa and might be encoded differently hence why the play tv addon wont work in the usa
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 01:13:05 PM »
Oh okay well I will have to find an alternative. Any suggestions?
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 05:28:55 PM »
you can install linux and let that handle your dvr stuff
http://ps3mods.blogspot.com/2007/01/ps3-pvr-mini-tutorial.html
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2009, 03:25:02 AM »
Quote from: Tri-edge on January 17, 2009, 05:28:55 PM
you can install linux and let that handle your dvr stuff
http://ps3mods.blogspot.com/2007/01/ps3-pvr-mini-tutorial.html


very interesting. Well I have not bought my ps3 *YET* but I would like to know if doing things such as upgrading the hard drive and installing linux will void the warranty.
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2009, 06:23:06 AM »
sony actually supports you doing such things as installing linux and putting a bigger hard drive in.  Neither will void your warranty as the ps3 was designed to let remove the hard drive and the ps3 os lets you install linux.
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2009, 02:17:14 PM »
Quote from: Tri-edge on January 18, 2009, 06:23:06 AM
sony actually supports you doing such things as installing linux and putting a bigger hard drive in.  Neither will void your warranty as the ps3 was designed to let remove the hard drive and the ps3 os lets you install linux.

well that is cool. But after today I no longer am looking for a pvr. I bought a tuner card at circuit city today! Scanning for channels now. But I still am going to buy a ps3 later on so I will have blu ray. Or I may just buy a blu ray drive for my computer.
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2009, 06:57:57 PM »
get a ps3 its the best blueray player out therend you will need a decent computer to play blue ray at really good quality without jitters
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2009, 04:38:04 AM »
Quote from: Mactastic Mendez on January 18, 2009, 06:57:57 PM
get a ps3 its the best blueray player out therend you will need a decent computer to play blue ray at really good quality without jitters

my computer does not qualify as decent?

 it is in my sig.
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Re: Play tv
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2009, 08:35:48 AM »
sorry i didnt read your sig lol yeh that should be fine
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