Sony's new Locationfree TV drops the location free TV

Looks like Sony took a page out of the slightly more practical book of Orb (or perhaps slightly more accurately, the Slingbox) with their new Locationfree LF-PK1 device—they dropped that literal location free wireless TV unit in favor of the straight concept of "location free TV." Not surprising, really, given their release of Locationfree as software for your PC, but it's nice to know the price overhead of that TV will no longer stop users from being able to just add a box for intelligently-streaming place-shifted content delivery. Should run you about $300 US in October if you're living in Japan.

[Via I4U]

[ebp2k2 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

glorified windows/xbox media extender?

[jazzay @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

does it work with my PSP? thatll make it a buy

[Liam McNulty @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Actually, jazzay, this will probably eventually find its way to the PSP:
http://www.psp-vault.com/Article290.psp

[John @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

I just confirmed with Sony customer support that the PSP will only work with the new base station. This means that the original LF-X1 and LF-X5 owners are screwed even though previous announcements had indicated that PSP support would be available.

[Radium163 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

IGN PSP has an article saying that the upcoming 2.50 update for the PSP will have support for this device

[Pako @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

It has made it to the PSP via Firmware version 2.5 now available.

[PHD @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

Another great addition to the PSP!!

[Tony Kater @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

I wonder if there is a way to get into others TV locator... I would like to watch TV from Japan.

[Richard @ Dec 19th 2005 1:05AM]

so, it has to be connected to an ethernet cable and the cable box in order to work? will i be able to watch nay channel from my cable box? it would be just fantastic,

[Vic @ Dec 23rd 2005 2:34PM]

does it transmit digital and HD channels to PSP?