Saw one of these in action yesterday streaming, PS4 Driveclub to a second TV.
The picture quality looked pretty good, but there was a definite drop in frame rate. Just like streaming to a Vita. Probably good enough for occasional / casual use, but if you're a hardcore online PvP gamer it will most likely drive you insane.
A quick glance at my phone showed about 15 WiFi networks in use though, so not sure if that amount of traffic would have any negative impact.
I'm certain I read a few days ago that games getting streamed would be capped at 30fps
Yeah, I'm certain that's the case with a regular Vita on Remote Play too. But with Driveclub being a 30fps game, I'm not sure why there should be a noticeable difference between the live and streamed versions.
Its been released in the US and has had mixed reviews so far
Picture quality isnt as good as some of the demos and considerably worse when its through wifi rather than LAN.
Most of the apps dont work, most noteably Netflix, who have said they have no plans for compatibility yet.
I was going to buy this for remote play and for Netflix but will wait for all the updates etc to be ironed out before buying it.
Gamestop have it for £75, but be careful as customer service there is appaling to non existant
I'll still pick one up for the second PS4 screen, though. Not too interested in the other features anyway so it'll suit me fine.
edit: one thing that does annoy me is that IGN praise Sony for including an HDMI cable... this should be as standard! When you buy something like this, everything you need to set it up should be included in the damn box anyway!
I'll still pick one up for the second PS4 screen, though. Not too interested in the other features anyway so it'll suit me fine.
edit: one thing that does annoy me is that IGN praise Sony for including an HDMI cable... this should be as standard! When you buy something like this, everything you need to set it up should be included in the damn box anyway!
You'd edit : true but it's crazy the things that don't come with proper leads these days. My sister bought a DS for her son last Christmas and it didn't come with a charger. She had to buy that separately. I bought a printer last year and it didn't come with a usb lead. These are important leads. I dint care that I've a million useless leads around the house and in the attic, I need these ones.
I wonder how well it performs through homeplugs? I have my PS4 wired to my router & a homeplug in my bedroom for Apple TV but I'll just use wireless on that instead and connect the PSTV to it.
I'll just use it for PS4 streaming and some Vita games. Not really interested in PS Now unless it offers PS4 games in the future
I don't know why people are surprised that this is a bit shit, it was always odds on that something designed for a 5 inch screen is going to look pretty bad on a 50 inch screen and this device is mostly using Vita technology.
I don't know why people are surprised that this is a bit shit, it was always odds on that something designed for a 5 inch screen is going to look pretty bad on a 50 inch screen and this device is mostly using Vita technology.
I'll probably get one (from Amazon) purely to play driveclub (& LBP) in another room! (Instead of using my psvita) ... I've already got a spare duelshock4 & 32GB card lying around somewhere so the additional cost doesn't apply to me! ... & ya get afew free games apparently! :cool:
Any idea if you can change to other accounts on your ps4 through it or does it only connect to the one account you set it up for. ...like vita?
I've just set mine up & had a quick 5mins! 😊 ... It's totally identical to the psvita! 😳 ... So I'd imagine functionalitywise there the same! ... Will give it a thorough going over tonight! 👍
If anyone has Walking Dead season 2 on the Vita, would they be able to test to see if it works on the PSTV please? Season 1 was on the compatibility list but 2 wasn't. I had the final episode to complete before I left my Vita on holiday
Also what would my work around be if my son got this and wants obviously to connect to our ps4 on his own account but plus is on my account so that is where the free games are ?
Also what would my work around be if my son got this and wants obviously to connect to our ps4 on his own account but plus is on my account so that is where the free games are ?
There's no need for a workaround really.
Remember, PS TV is just like using a vita. Using the pstv, your son will be able to log into his account on the ps4 and play your games, just as if he was using the ps4 and TV. All the pstv does is transfer what you see to another television.
You just need to make sure that, the ps4 is the "primary ps4" for both accounts.
I'd really like playstation TV mainly because of being able to play my ps4 in my bedroom.
I so nearly purchased this today but I'm reading around the web that ps4 remote play is laggy as hell, even worse on WiFi, I can't justify forking out £85 for something that wont work very well.
So anyone tried ps4 remote play via wifi to another TV in the house, how does it perform?
How are people connecting their's? I have homeplugs in my bedroom and would connect mine to that as a makeshift hard wired connection, just wondering if results are good? Won't be getting it until my birthday in January so if there are any niggles, hopefully they'll be ironed out by then
How are people connecting their's? I have homeplugs in my bedroom and would connect mine to that as a makeshift hard wired connection, just wondering if results are good? Won't be getting it until my birthday in January so if there are any niggles, hopefully they'll be ironed out by then
Yeah I was thinking about purchasing homeplugs for the bedroom, can i connect a tp link switch box to a homeplug it so I can wire up multiple devices in my bedroom?
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It's a very impressive list. My only real complaint is that I would've liked more Tekken games
It runs the existing PSOne, PSP and PS Vita games, so the same price as they are now.
Just download them from PSN as usual, or you have the option to buy Vita cards too.
You can't put a price on classics like Future Cop:LAPD and MediEvil!
The picture quality looked pretty good, but there was a definite drop in frame rate. Just like streaming to a Vita. Probably good enough for occasional / casual use, but if you're a hardcore online PvP gamer it will most likely drive you insane.
A quick glance at my phone showed about 15 WiFi networks in use though, so not sure if that amount of traffic would have any negative impact.
Yeah, I'm certain that's the case with a regular Vita on Remote Play too. But with Driveclub being a 30fps game, I'm not sure why there should be a noticeable difference between the live and streamed versions.
Picture quality isnt as good as some of the demos and considerably worse when its through wifi rather than LAN.
Most of the apps dont work, most noteably Netflix, who have said they have no plans for compatibility yet.
I was going to buy this for remote play and for Netflix but will wait for all the updates etc to be ironed out before buying it.
Gamestop have it for £75, but be careful as customer service there is appaling to non existant
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/10/17/playstation-tv-review
http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-playstation-tv/
I'll still pick one up for the second PS4 screen, though. Not too interested in the other features anyway so it'll suit me fine.
edit: one thing that does annoy me is that IGN praise Sony for including an HDMI cable... this should be as standard! When you buy something like this, everything you need to set it up should be included in the damn box anyway!
You'd edit : true but it's crazy the things that don't come with proper leads these days. My sister bought a DS for her son last Christmas and it didn't come with a charger. She had to buy that separately. I bought a printer last year and it didn't come with a usb lead. These are important leads. I dint care that I've a million useless leads around the house and in the attic, I need these ones.
If they've got any sense, MS will do a "stream to Surface" function, or perhaps a generic one built into Smartglass.
PS4 has the advantage of Gaikai tech and dedicated hardware though, so perhaps easier said than done.
I'll just use it for PS4 streaming and some Vita games. Not really interested in PS Now unless it offers PS4 games in the future
I'll probably get one (from Amazon) purely to play driveclub (& LBP) in another room! (Instead of using my psvita) ... I've already got a spare duelshock4 & 32GB card lying around somewhere so the additional cost doesn't apply to me!
I've just set mine up & had a quick 5mins! 😊 ... It's totally identical to the psvita! 😳 ... So I'd imagine functionalitywise there the same! ... Will give it a thorough going over tonight! 👍
There's no need for a workaround really.
Remember, PS TV is just like using a vita. Using the pstv, your son will be able to log into his account on the ps4 and play your games, just as if he was using the ps4 and TV. All the pstv does is transfer what you see to another television.
You just need to make sure that, the ps4 is the "primary ps4" for both accounts.
Crap. I forgot about the vita games.
Seems you might need a workaround after all.
If it's just like the vita, you can't play someone else's games.
I so nearly purchased this today but I'm reading around the web that ps4 remote play is laggy as hell, even worse on WiFi, I can't justify forking out £85 for something that wont work very well.
So anyone tried ps4 remote play via wifi to another TV in the house, how does it perform?
Yeah I was thinking about purchasing homeplugs for the bedroom, can i connect a tp link switch box to a homeplug it so I can wire up multiple devices in my bedroom?