PlayTV owners in Poland, Ireland and Norway are a little screwed

[Zeus]

Elis has mailed in to let us that MPEG-4 video decoding is used in DVB-T broadcasts in Estonia as well as Poland, Ireland and Norway. Despite, Sony's website stating the PlayTV product is fully European DVB-T standard compliant, it clearly isn't at the moment as it can only decode mpeg-2 video. Elis hopes Sony will release an official comment on this and confirm whether MPEG-4 support will be added in the future.



Hello.

A little bit background information:

I live in Estonia and we use mpeg-4 video decoding in DVB-T broadcasts
(so does Poland, Ireland and Norway (soon Finland will follow)).
Although it is said in wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTV and
Sony's PlayTV official website that this thing is fully compatible
with European DVB-T standard, it isn't. It can only decode mpeg-2
video. So this is important information for citizens who live in the
mentioned countries. Also it would be nice to get a comment from Sony
wheter mpeg-4 support will be added later or not.

Best regards,
Elis


Thanks for letting us know.

[Kr155]

Elis has mailed in to let us that MPEG-4 video decoding is used in DVB-T broadcasts in Estonia as well as Poland, Ireland and Norway. Despite, Sony's website stating the PlayTV product is fully European DVB-T standard compliant, it clearly isn't at the moment as it can only decode mpeg-2 video. Elis hopes Sony will release an official comment on this and confirm whether MPEG-4 support will be added in the future.



Thanks for letting us know.

i have to wonde r if i walk into SCEE's corp headquarters, will all I find be a janitor asleep in a utility closet and an otherwise empty building. i know europe can be complex but damn thats downright neglegent.

[Gambit]

Poland is used to being screwed...

[MechaGear]

DVB-T is using MPEG-2 and it's european stanadrd.
DVB-T2 is using MPEG-4, and it's by no means a standard yet.
Sorry, early adopters. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-T#DVB-T2

[Jinx13378]

Poland is used to being screwed...

Explain, before I decide to either call you names or wholeheartly agree.

[Gambit]

Explain, before I decide to either call you names or wholeheartly agree.

Always higher prices than in rest of Europe.
Later release dates.
Incidents like this where big company feeds on us by using lower standards.
Limited access to MMO games (f.e. Invite a Friend and Tournaments in WoW)

Coś jeszcze? Or is it enough for you?

[digihoe]

DVB-T is using MPEG-2 and it's european stanadrd.
DVB-T2 is using MPEG-4, and it's by no means a standard yet.
Sorry, early adopters. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-T#DVB-T2

DVB-T2 has become a standard, every change is in modulation. Has not so much about codec to do. Both use MPEG2 transport streams. This just a software issue. It even says so in your link.

[Jinx13378]

Always higher prices than in rest of Europe.
Later release dates.
Incidents like this where big company feeds on us by using lower standards.
Limited access to MMO games (f.e. Invite a Friend and Tournaments in WoW)

Coś jeszcze? Or is it enough for you?

More than enough. And I agree.

Excuse the pejorativity check. I get a lil' touchy now and then.


Pozdrawiam rodaka, heh.

[Azariel]

More than enough. And I agree.

Excuse the pejorativity check. I get a lil' touchy now and then.


Pozdrawiam rodaka, heh.

LOLZ, nice way to hold back the "fuktard fury hadouken " so commonly on maxconsole... :D

BTW, how can someone or something be a "little" screwed.. or you are or you aren't.. I believe there is no "middle term" for "screwed".:o

[weaselEST]

Here's the document which describes DVB-T standard.
http://wiki.ebu.ch/bgav/images/4/48/Tm-avc0075r22_no_track_changes.pdf

H.264/AVC is there but Sony has ignored it.