Looking into Sony's New Portable TV Service for the PSP
Addict3D has taken a look at Sony's new Portable TV Service for the PSP:
Source: http://www.japanchronicles.com/article/14/a-look-a...
|
|
|
Chances are that you first heard rumors about Sony’s Portable TV
service (P-TV) for the Playstation Portable when the 2.0 firmware was
first released. With H.264 support came news of a new service starting
in Japan where PSP owners would be able to download video content
directly to their Memory Sticks. Today the service is up and running,
albeit with a slightly flawed business model. Read on to find out why
and see examples of how it works.
Portable TV – what is it?
It’s a service where registered users can download video content
formatted for PSP directly to it. Some content is free, most will cost
you a few hundred yen to download. Here comes the flawed part, the
download is DRM-protected, and you only have a limited time in which to
watch your download, after that you will have to pay up again. The time
allowed ranges from 5 to 30 days on most downloads.
The video format varies from standard 4:3 to glorious, native
resolution 16:9 for newer content. Presumably, the files you can
download here are digitally signed to bypass the native resolution
limitation. And it looks good!
The service requires you to run at least firmware version 2.60, so if
you for certain reasons want to hold on to that 1.5 one, you’re out of
luck. If you don’t have a wireless network at home, you can also
connect a USB cable from your PC and download it directly to the PSP
that way.
Full article can be found @ source. |