Video Delivery Service Available NOW in France, Germany, Spain and the UK !

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Bageara

yeah i would rather buy the bluray but depending on the price i would probably buy a few and have a small collection on my hhd purely because i can

I wonder, if we buy from the store, will we be allowed to store the videos on an external hdd? The files wont be small (the HD ones) so if we could that would be great!

Wonder when we will know about the prices? All seems very under wraps for something that is happening in under 7 days time!

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by Nielsb90

Yeah, I mean I can buy stuff online in Danish currency but I dont know if its our own store

Wait are you telling me you do not have acces to ANY ps store?

Correct, so have had to set-up a UK account. Good thing I am British and have a credit card from there or I would not be able to buy anything at all.

[PEDXING]

Does this mean the US will get Vidzone now???? Just kidding.

[Sponge-worthy]

Originally Posted by garlad

I wonder, if we buy from the store, will we be allowed to store the videos on an external hdd? The files wont be small (the HD ones) so if we could that would be great!

Wonder when we will know about the prices? All seems very under wraps for something that is happening in under 7 days time!

I think it allows you to back them up to an external device and then recover them if you want to view them. But hopefully someone else who has really used the service can offer more input. I've only rented a few things from it, so naturally I delete them after viewing.

[garlad]

Originally Posted by ryan69969

I think it allows you to back them up to an external device and then recover them if you want to view them. But hopefully someone else who has really used the service can offer more input. I've only rented a few things from it, so naturally I delete them after viewing.

thanks Sponge! Will keep an eye out here..

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by ryan69969

I think it allows you to back them up to an external device and then recover them if you want to view them. But hopefully someone else who has really used the service can offer more input. I've only rented a few things from it, so naturally I delete them after viewing.

Do you have to delete them or do they automatically delete after you watch them?

[aygie]

http://videostore.uk.playstation.com...k-en_GB-110681

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by aygie

http://videostore.uk.playstation.com...k-en_GB-110681

I think Terminater salvation will be my first rent i missed that at the theater

Just out of interest does anyone know if you can purchase movies from xbox Live or do they only have movies to rent?

[partridge]

Some questions for those in the US who already have this service; how does the quality compare to a blu-ray or upscaled DVD? Do they play in 720p? Surround sound? How long do the films take to download?

Thanks Looking forward to this launching this week

[garlad]

Originally Posted by partridge

Some questions for those in the US who already have this service; how does the quality compare to a blu-ray or upscaled DVD? Do they play in 720p? Surround sound? How long do the films take to download?

Thanks Looking forward to this launching this week

I would like to know this too!

Cant wait... really hoping they include Ireland in this!!!!

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by garlad

I would like to know this too!

Cant wait... really hoping they include Ireland in this!!!!

Do you think they will include Ireland gar? im not so sure you know, did you say Ireland doesnt get BBC iplayer?

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Bageara

Do you think they will include Ireland gar? im not so sure you know, did you say Ireland doesnt get BBC iplayer?

No we didn’t get the BBC iPlayer, but that is the only thing that we didn’t get when it comes to what the UK get. And I can understand that as it is to do with regions and television rights etc. I would be surprised if we don’t get it here. Afterall, UK and Ireland have the same release dates for films - both in the cinema and on dvd/blu-ray so I cant see why Sony would hold back on this. That's my hope anyway! Will have to wait until tmrw!

[garlad]

Some more info..

One of Sony's announcements at the Gamescom expo in Germany this week is that they are set to expand the current PlayStation Store available in Europe to include an on-demand video service.

The PlayStation Store - available for PS3 and PSP - currently offers video content to American users but from November of this year the PlayStation Network Video Store will also launch in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, with the rest of Europe following next year.

The video delivery service will include recent releases with the high quality movies coming from big film studios such as 20th Century Fox, Disney, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. as well as smaller studios more local to Europe, including Universum Film and Constantin Film from Germany.

Users will be able to choose to buy films or rent them for 14 days. Once you buy a title it will be stored on your PS3's hard drive or transferred to your PSP to watch on the move. Movies will be available in high definition and standard definition and, as of yet, pricing hasn't been announced - although it will use the same wallet system as the rest of the PlayStation Network. The downloading system will allow viewers to start watching a film before the downloading has finished, or you can access certain games or other content whilst downloading.

According to Sony, "Hundreds of titles will be available at launch including Angels and Demons; Bruno; Crank 2; The Dark Knight; Dead Space: Downfall; Gran Torino; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; National Treasure; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Public Enemies; Star Trek; Terminator Salvation; Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

"PlayStation is becoming the home of entertainment from games to music channels, from creative platforms to virtual pets," said Andrew House, President and CEO of SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), in a statement. "The addition of the PlayStation Network video delivery service for PS3 and PSP provides a simple way for PlayStation owners to access movie content and enjoy the latest blockbuster whenever and wherever they choose."

http://www.neowin.net/news/gamers/09...come-to-europe

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by garlad

No we didn’t get the BBC iPlayer, but that is the only thing that we didn’t get when it comes to what the UK get. And I can understand that as it is to do with regions and television rights etc. I would be surprised if we don’t get it here. Afterall, UK and Ireland have the same release dates for films - both in the cinema and on dvd/blu-ray so I cant see why Sony would hold back on this. That's my hope anyway! Will have to wait until tmrw!

Fingers crossed for Ireland

[garlad]

After reading a few posts on other forums last night, I'm not too confident that Ireland will be getting this today

But we got VidZone the same day as the UK when that was advertised as "launching in the UK"... There was no mention of Ireland.. So, still hoping

[aygie]

Originally Posted by garlad

After reading a few posts on other forums last night, I'm not too confident that Ireland will be getting this today

But we got VidZone the same day as the UK when that was advertised as "launching in the UK"... There was no mention of Ireland.. So, still hoping

I'm skeptical that the UK will be getting it today...but there are rumors that the new Firmware is today so maybe with that?

[garlad]

Originally Posted by aygie

I'm skeptical that the UK will be getting it today...but there are rumors that the new Firmware is today so maybe with that?

Should be today.. They said the 18th so I don’t see why they wont add it tonight..

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it work in Ireland! Suppose we'll get it eventually if we don’t today

[Bageara]

Where is it!

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Bageara

Where is it!

Ha! My heart skipped a beat when I saw you had posted in here!! Thought you got it!!

Don’t have a good feeling about getting it on this side of the Irish Sea.. Still have my fingers crossed! I suppose it will show up whem firmware 3.10 goes live (today at some point)

[aygie]

Originally Posted by garlad

Ha! My heart skipped a beat when I saw you had posted in here!! Thought you got it!!

me too.

Is the PSN down for maintenance?