Sony shows off digital TV tuner for PSP ... Lite ... in Japan


Despite a strong showing at E3, Sony unleashed an additional volley of announcements at today's PlayStation Premier event in Tokyo, which IGN has been covering. In addition to a handful of games, Sony also announced a 1seg TV Tuner that attaches to the PSP's USB port. Since it's 1seg – a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan – we can't expect to see it over here, but we can always hope for a technologically inferior Western counterpart.

As if that wasn't limiting enough, the 1seg Tuner will only be compatible with the new PSP Lite redesign. So, when Japanese gamers pick up a Tuner on September 20th for ¥6980 (about $57), they'll also need to grab the new PSP conveniently released on the same day for ¥19,800 ($162). Then they can watch cat videos all day long , we guess ...

[Via Engadget]

Tags: 1seg, Sony, television

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