page_title: PlayStation 3 accessories
section_title: PlayTV
hierarchical_section_title: PlayStation 3 accessories / Audio/Visual Peripherals / PlayTV
caption_attribution_description: English: PlayTV tuner for PS3
context_page_description: Various accessories for the PlayStation 3 video game console have been produced by Sony. These include controllers, audio and video input devices like microphones, video cameras, and cables for better sound and picture quality.
  The controllers include the DualShock 3, a keypad that connects to the aforementioned controller, a controller similar to those for the Xbox Kinect that allows for motion controls, and miscellaneous others used for a specific use.
  Headsets are the major A/V devices, followed by cameras and other input devices. Finally, a composite video cable set, USB cable sets, and memory adaptors complete the accessories.
context_section_description: Officially announced August 22, 2007; PlayTV is a twin-channel DVB-T tuner peripheral with digital video recorder (DVR) software which allows users to record television programs to the PlayStation 3 hard drive for later viewing even while playing a game. The device was launched in the UK on the September 19, 2008 with other regions in Europe following.
  It can also be used on a PSP via Remote Play to watch live and recorded TV, and schedule new recordings.
  It was reported that Australia would receive the Play TV accessory only 2 months after Europe. However, after a delay of just over a year, PlayTV was finally released in Australia on the November 27, 2009.
  The PlayTV accessory comes bundled with an overlay sticker that fits onto the face of the BD remote to show PlayTV specific functions, which are mapped to the remote's existing buttons.
  
  A similar device, known as Torne has been released for the Japanese market based on the Japanese ISDB-T digital terrestrial standard. Since North American markets, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, use the ATSC digital standard, neither the DVB-T based PlayTV device nor ISDB-T based Torne were released in these territories, or can be usable to pick up broadcasts.
caption: PlayTV tuner
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