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It will be possible to export TV recordings made with PS3's forthcoming digital TV receiver in a standard file format and store them anywhere you like, Sony explained today.

Mark Bunting, a producer at Sony's Cambridge Studio, which is working on the software for the PlayTV device, showed how the MPEG-2 video files could be moved from the PlayTV interface to the PS3's home menu.

From there, they can be moved to another storage device such as a memory stick, backup hard drive or PC. There is no copy protection in place and no time limit on how long the recording can be kept. Asked what you could do with the file Bunting said: "Anything you like, really, as long as you do it legally. It's in its raw format."

He was no doubt alluding to the piracy of TV programmes that is currently rampant on BitTorrent peer-to-peer networks. It seems that there will be nothing to stop PlayTV acting as a source of these recordings, as can any PC TV tuner.

"We've talked to our legal department about it," said Bunting. "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," he added.

We'll be posting full details about PlayTV soon - although sadly, these still will not include a price or release date for the device, which are still under wraps.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=93416

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Great news!

Means I can record TV shows and watch them on my PC as well/other devices.

Seeing as they claim the RRP is still under wraps, I hope it's cheaper than the guess of ?99 made me a lot of outlets.

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Mark Bunting, a producer at Sony's Cambridge Studio, which is working on the software for the PlayTV device, showed how the MPEG-2 video files could be moved from the PlayTV interface to the PS3's home menu.

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harddrive space is gone in 60 seconds :/

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Great news!

Means I can record TV shows and watch them on my PC as well/other devices.

Seeing as they claim the RRP is still under wraps, I hope it's cheaper than the guess of ?99 made me a lot of outlets.>

Could be right there ...

Sony has firmly distanced itself from a listing on hmv.com that puts the price and release date of PlayTV at GBP 99.99 (EUR 130) on March 28.

"We have not confirmed the price and release date of PlayTV to anyone, and that includes retailers," a Sony spokesperson told our siter site Eurogamer.net.

PlayTV is a digital TV tuner accessory for PlayStation 3 that uses the console's hard drive to record broadcasts.

It's due for release in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK later this year, and the company has recently demonstrated how the hardware will not be restricted by copy protection.

Although no official date and price has been announced, it's expected it to arrive later than March, and possibly cheaper than GBP 99.99.

Source:> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33509
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This is amazingly good news. DRM stands in the way of me storing my recordings in the way I want. Doing nothing illegal - but made to jump through ridiculous hoops to run things my way.

I am a real 360 fanboy - but over the last 6 montsh Sony seem to have got their finger back into the pie very well indeed! To the point I am now questioning which console to get...

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harddrive space is gone in 60 seconds :/

On the upside, though, you can always boot into Linux and harness TEH AWSUM POWARZ of the PS3's proc to run them through FFmpeg and compress them to x264.

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All TV recorded is in Mpeg-2, I suspect there's a reason to it. =P I'm sure If it was just as easy to go with DivX, they would. But hey, maybe they can implement a program into the PS3 that will transcode/convert, etc.

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