PSP video service launches in the UK News
PSP News by Robert Purchese
Sony and Sky have launched the Go!View video service for PSP in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
This lets you download telly from the Go!View website onto your PC and transfer it across to your PSP. So far Disney, ABC, ESPN, the BBC, Sony Pictures, NBC, National Geographic and Sky Sports are offering their content.
That means you will be able to look at cars in Top Gear or women in Desperate Housewives or aliens in Dr. Who or ogres in Premier League football.
There are three monthly subscription packs available for GBP 5 (EUR 7) each: comedy, sport, and entertainment. You can bundle two together for GBP 8 (EUR 11), or all three for GBP 10 (EUR 17). Plus the trio can be trialled free for a month.
Select films and telly programs can be rented from GBP 1.50 (EUR 2) an episode, or GBP 2.50 (EUR 3.20) for a film.
Sony also promises that Go!View will continue to expand over time.
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Thanks, hierophant. Doesn't look all that appealing, tbh. If it were constantly streaming new content, and regularly updating, maybe. But this is like a borked highlights package. They have some things in the middle of their run, and others just random. None of the sports stuff looks interesting, either, and there are no animations to speak of. Movies is probably the best part of it, except they're all ppv, and a bit old.
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JohnnyWashnGo
14/07/08 @ 14:32
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I have the ability to record TV and FFMPEG installed on my machine - why do I need this again?
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@the_dudefather
Nicely put :) EDIT: I've not really used my PsP online much, I only have a measly 32mb card which seems to fill up uber quick thanks to page caching, im lucky if i load one page. But does anyone know if TV services like iPlayer work through the PsPs browser?
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That_Happy_Cat
14/07/08 @ 14:40
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If i could watch Toronto Raptors games on ESPN via my PSP I'd buy it... but I expect the region locking will put a stop to anything like that.
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JohnnyWashnGo
14/07/08 @ 14:57
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@the_dudefather
Because you enjoy the smell of urine and vomit? My point is that I have paid for my TV license, I don't see why I should pay again to watch BBC shows on the really small screen. Surely in this day and age, with the Beeb showing shows for a week on iPlayer, they should also be letting us format shift the content from iPlayer to MP4? This video service seems like the most pointless waste of time. They offer nothing that a reasonable smart person couldn't do themselves. |
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I was going to try to put a positive spin on this, as I'm all for choice, but then I read "powered by Sky", which should read "Powered by PURE EVIL!!!". I heavily dislike Sky, although if it was a store instead of rentals I'd probably go for it, but I'll pass.
Do you need the Firmware for this? Seems like it's likely whatever deals with rental time would need updated. |
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optimusprym8
14/07/08 @ 15:46
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BBC iPlayer on PS3,will be all you need (once the proper version is released rather than the hack'd version). Free as it should be.
Sky Player takes the friggin' piss. You have to have a paid subscrption to access it then they charge you per episode on top!? W_T_F_!? Haven't checked out C4's re-released digital download service that replaced 4OD. Dunno if they charge.
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SpaceMidget75
14/07/08 @ 16:07
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You might need the bus if you want to get drunk somewhere or can't park easily.
The bus has plus points over a car. Does this have plus points over the many PSP encoders and either a TV Card or Torrent program? It might be slightly easier and slightly less illegal (depending on what you're doing), but personally I find recording shows from my TV card or downloading them from UKNova and putting them on PSP works just fine....and it's free. |
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