Is it possible to record terrestrial digital broadcasting on PS3? Does terrestrial digital broadcast tuner appear as a peripheral device

In Europe last SeptemberExternal tuner for PS 3 that can record and play digital broadcasts "PlayTV" was releasedI informed you that it has become clear that the possibility of being released in Japan has come out.

In addition to an up-converting function that allows you to view Blu-ray discs and DVDs with high image quality, it supports a variety of video formats including H.264 and DivX, and it is also an excellent PS 3 as an AV device, It may be very useful if you can record terrestrial digital broadcasting.

Details are as follows.
PlayStation.com (Japan) | Survey on peripheral equipment of PLAYSTATION R 3

According to the questionnaire about the PS3 peripheral devices which Sony currently has registered for the Playstation Network account, the question item of "PS3 exclusive peripheral device that wishes to be commercialized most" is recorded as "Recordable terrestrial digital broadcasting compatible television It seems that there is an option of "tuner".

This is the question item. Alongside "large capacity HDD" and "remote control that can be shared with TV", there is a choice of "TV tuner supporting recordable terrestrial digital broadcasting".


Also, in addition to the questions such as the application scene of PS 3, what kind of television is used, and whether it is watching terrestrial digital broadcasting on that television, in addition to questions such as the following Blu-ray recorder, DVD recorder, etc. I have questions on video / audio equipment that I am doing.


And finally questions about the real-time viewing time of TV programs per week and the viewing time of recorded programs.


The reason why PlayTV is not put on sale in Japan is that there was a difference in broadcasting format with Europe and B-CAS problem, but as long as the content of the question is detailed, depending on the user's echo, it is possible to get on sale in Japan Is it that there is also sex?

Users who want full use of PS3 as a multimedia machine may also want to ask in questionnaire.

Additional notes:In March 2010 we decided to release the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner kit "torne" as a peripheral device.

"Torne (Torune)" which can record terrestrial digital broadcasting with PS3 appeared in March, it can also record to USB external HDD