psp tv tuner announced by sony on [technabob]

psp tv tuner announced by sony

posted: July 17th, 2007 5 comments author: technabob

Sony Japan today revealed a new TV tuner add-on for their PSP portable gaming system. The PSP-S310 tuner plugs into the PSP’s cartridge port and provides digital television reception on the system’s TFT screen.

Sony PSP TV Tuner

Unfortunately, the tuner is only planned for markets that support 1seg digital broadcasts at this point, which means that you won’t be able to use it outside of Japan. Also, it will only work with the newly released, thin PSP models (PSP-2000), not the original model (PSP-1000.) The tuner is expected to be released on September 20th for ¥6980 (about $57 USD.)

Hopefully, they’ll make a model that works with other types of signals down the road.

[via AV Watch]

5 comments comment

1. hashmat | July 18th, 2007 at 10:51 pm

do you think they gona make it for the original psp.
and do we need internet for it
2. technabob | July 18th, 2007 at 10:58 pm

nope, it’s only for the new slim models, and only works in Japan (over the air digital signals)
3. ben | November 11th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

how can you watch tv on a psp and what kind regular or cable
4. joel ngwayi | January 11th, 2008 at 7:13 am

i want a tv tuner and a psp
5. masterkid17 | June 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

sony should come up with a tv tuner for psp owners here in america. They’ll make mad money . but it’ll probably be pricy. it should be cable broadcasted