<s>
PlayTV	B-Application
is	O
an	O
add-on	O
unit	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
that	O
allows	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
to	O
act	O
as	O
an	O
HDTV	B-Device
or	O
DTV	B-Application
receiver	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
recording	O
television	O
programmes	O
to	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
for	O
later	O
viewing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
twin-channel	O
DVB-T	O
turner	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
some	O
territories	O
with	O
active	O
DVB-T	O
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Live	O
TV	O
feature	O
of	O
PlayTV	B-Application
provides	O
access	O
to	O
free-to-air	O
(	O
unencrypted	O
)	O
channels	O
through	O
the	O
widely	O
available	O
DVB-T	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayTV	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
watch	O
one	O
program	O
while	O
recording	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
recorded	O
content	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
Library	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
a	O
list	O
or	O
thumbnail	O
view	O
and	O
is	O
sortable	O
by	O
date	O
,	O
channel	O
,	O
or	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
in	O
the	O
library	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
main	O
menu	O
and	O
stored	O
alongside	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
other	O
video	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayTV	B-Application
Library	O
is	O
where	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
recorded	O
content	O
is	O
stored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
in	O
the	O
library	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
main	O
menu	O
and	O
stored	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
video	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wi-Fi	O
connectivity	O
with	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
allows	O
for	O
portable	O
viewing	O
of	O
live	O
or	O
recorded	O
television	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
the	O
Remote	O
Play	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
owners	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
to	O
access	O
their	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
console	O
from	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Remote	O
Play	O
feature	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
'	O
wake	O
up	O
 '	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
from	O
standby	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Device
Ericsson	I-Device
Aino	I-Device
mobile	O
phone	O
can	O
link	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
uses	O
Remote	O
Play	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
watch	O
PlayTV	B-Application
on	O
their	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayTV	B-Application
can	O
display	O
an	O
on-screen	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
manual	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
quick	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
various	O
functions	O
of	O
a	O
controller	O
,	O
Blu-ray	O
remote	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
Remote	O
Play	O
using	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDD	O
Size	O
:	O
PlayTV	B-Application
can	O
only	O
record	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
own	O
internal	B-Device
hard	I-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recorded	O
videos	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
an	O
external	B-Device
storage	I-Device
device	O
in	O
some	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Codecs	O
:	O
PlayTV	B-Application
supports	O
MPEG2	B-Algorithm
SD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AVC/MPEG4	O
is	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
firmware	B-Application
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tuners	O
are	O
HDTV	B-Device
capable	O
in	O
areas	O
with	O
HD	O
DVB-T	O
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayTV	B-Application
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
using	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
controller	I-Device
or	O
Blu-ray	O
remote	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
previously	O
stated	O
that	O
PlayTV	B-Application
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
record	O
TV	O
while	O
playing	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
and	O
PS1	B-Device
games	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
function	O
has	O
already	O
been	O
incorporated	O
in	O
the	O
version	O
2.41	O
firmware	B-Application
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
use	O
the	O
product	O
however	O
a	O
5GB	O
install	O
is	O
required	O
from	O
the	O
disc	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
PlayTV	B-Application
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
UK	O
Freeview	O
HD	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
DVB-T2	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
Sony	O
released	O
an	O
interactive	O
demo	O
of	O
PlayTV	B-Application
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
week	O
shipments	O
of	O
PlayTV	B-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
were	O
reportedly	O
85,000	O
units	O
,	O
apparently	O
with	O
"	O
specialist	O
and	O
national	O
press	O
giving	O
thumbs	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
device.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
were	O
originally	O
to	O
receive	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
accessory	O
2	O
months	O
after	O
Europe	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
delayed	O
until	O
26	O
November	O
2009	O
in	O
Australia	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
HD	O
software	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
underwent	O
testing	O
in	O
both	O
countries	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
wide	O
availability	O
of	O
HD	O
channels	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
common	O
broadcast	B-Operating_System
codecs	O
(	O
MPEG	O
2/MPEG	O
4	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayTV	B-Application
is	O
only	O
capable	O
of	O
tuning	O
DVB-T	O
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
so	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
regions	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
use	O
DVB-T	O
.	O
A	O
similar	O
accessory	O
known	O
as	O
Torne	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
their	O
ISDB-T	O
broadcast	B-Operating_System
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
seemingly	O
never	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
PlayTV	B-Application
or	O
a	O
similar	O
device	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
North	O
American	O
NTSC/ATSC	O
broadcasts	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vue	O
OTT	O
streaming	O
service	O
was	O
available	O
through	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
consoles	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
shutdown	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
carried	O
local	O
channels	O
in	O
certain	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
updates	O
are	O
available	O
via	O
the	O
About	O
section	O
in	O
Settings	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Game	O
Update	O
Check	O
"	O
Functionality	O
(	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
original	O
PlayTV	B-Application
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
PlayTV	B-Application
software	O
,	O
a	O
Software	O
Update	O
function	O
is	O
available	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
PlayTV	B-Application
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
update	O
is	O
free	O
,	O
an	O
unlock	O
key	O
must	O
be	O
purchased	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
access	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
(	O
listed	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
complained	O
that	O
since	O
the	O
update	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
software	O
became	O
unstable	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
reported	O
symptom	O
being	O
the	O
software	O
hanging	O
on	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
launch	O
screen	O
and	O
not	O
proceeding	O
any	O
further	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
CECH-ZD1J	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
ISDB-T	O
tuner	O
peripheral	O
for	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market	O
which	O
,	O
like	O
PlayTV	B-Application
,	O
comes	O
with	O
DVR	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
PlayTV	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
recording	O
and	O
playing	O
back	O
live	O
TV	O
,	O
even	O
while	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
or	O
playing	O
other	O
media	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
DVD	O
or	O
Blu-ray	O
Disc	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
on	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
via	O
remote	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
PlayTV	B-Application
,	O
Torne	O
features	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
trophy	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
Sony	O
released	O
Torne	O
software	O
version	O
2.00	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
AVC	I-Application
compression	O
,	O
allowing	O
recordings	O
to	O
be	O
compressed	O
down	O
to	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
their	O
original	O
size	O
as	O
captured	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
since	O
2.6.30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
by	O
patching	O
the	O
USB	B-Protocol
IDs	O
in	O
the	O
driver	O
of	O
a	O
card	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
dibcom	O
hardware	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Pinnacle	O
PCTV	O
Dual	O
DVB-T	O
Diversity	O
Stick	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
both	O
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
using	O
this	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
PlayTV	B-Application
can	O
handle	O
AVC/MPEG4	O
HD	O
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
which	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
Ireland	O
and	O
continental	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK	O
has	O
adopted	O
DVB-T2	B-Protocol
for	O
terrestrial	O
high-definition	B-Device
TV	I-Device
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
so	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
will	O
not	O
give	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
owners	O
access	O
to	O
those	O
TV	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unofficial	O
Windows	B-Application
application	O
(	O
in	O
Spanish	O
language	O
only	O
)	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
file	O
channel_ps3.bin	O
and	O
customize	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
channels	O
in	O
the	O
PlayTV	B-Application
software	O
(	O
a	O
function	O
not	O
normally	O
available	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Jailbreak	O
device	O
is	O
required	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
transfer	O
the	O
file	O
from	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
to	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
