TGS hands-on: PSP 1seg TV tuner
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Sep 22nd 2007 at 1:11AM }
If there's a complaint we would have about the 1seg tuner, we'd say it has to be the delay that comes when switching channels. It takes a full second or so for the system to display video of the next channel. Certainly not a major hindrance, especially when considering the quality of video that's produced on such a small peripheral. Japanese Joystiq readers will want to check it out.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Sep 22nd 2007 2:18AM
I'm glad this is actually working. I was afraid it was going to be...well bad. But it's not, so congrats Sony.
Peter @ Sep 22nd 2007 6:17AM
Is this a peripheral that us North American PSP owners will be able to import like the camera and the GPS unit or is it some how locked to the Japanese regional hardware?
Chris Powell @ Sep 22nd 2007 6:43AM
Andrew, there's a small delay when changing channels on the LocationFree Player, too. I wonder if it's just a technological obstacle that hasn't had a fix yet.
While this is certainly cool, I do just fine with my LocationFree Player, and the best thing is I don't have to have a peripheral attached to my PSP to watch TV. On the downside though, I do have to be at a WiFi hotspot.
Kspraydad @ Sep 22nd 2007 8:11AM
@Peter...1Seg isn't used in North America...so it would be useless here.
Mike Cohen @ Sep 22nd 2007 10:45AM
Does it work on the original PSP or does it require the new model?
Kspraydad @ Sep 22nd 2007 12:06PM
@Mike
As you can see at this link:
http://www.jp.playstation.com/support/qa-690.html
The S310 (that is the tuner) is only compatible with the PSP 2000 model.
Alien @ Sep 22nd 2007 1:27PM
40k sold according to IGN in the first day ... not bad . Also this should work unnoficially in the EU to ...