With Sony being the only one out of the big three to have a press conference there biggest announcment was that a new service called PlayTV will be launched on the Ps3 early next year.

So what the hell is PlayTV well it basically boils down to a freeview tuner that you can use to watch TV on your PS3 and also you’ll be able to record your TV programmes onto the Playstation 3 hard drive.
The standard 7 day EPG will also be present where you can use it to set which programmes you want to record and also find out whats on TV for the next 7 days.

Another neat little feature was shown off that will enable you to watch programmes on your PSP and also be able to us it to set programmes for you to record.
In a quick little statement David Reeves head of Sony Europe said “The introduction of PlayTV really will extend the already broad entertainment credentials of PS3, and makes it an exceptionally attractive proposition for the whole family.”

The service will launch early next year and as soon as we find out more details we will let you know.