Sony PlayTV - TV Tuner for Sony Playstation 3 in Europe

Sony is soon going to offer a combined TV tuner and personal video recorder for the PlayStation 3 in the region of Europe, and this will make it possible to record television shows on the videogame console for playback on a living room TV or a PlayStation Portable.

The PlayTV device, unveiled at a European game conference Wednesday, would connect to the PS3 and act as a kind of rabbit ears in picking up TV shows available over Europe's terrestrial airwaves, which broadcasts standard and high-definition television.

The peripheral is scheduled for release before Christmas in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.