Would you like to stream video content from your home equipment to your PSP from anywhere? Apple and Sony have some good news for you. New Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer mentioned during his speech at the recent CEATEC event in Japan that Sony intended to bring TV streaming features to its Portable PlayStation. Not many expected that feature to become available so quickly, however.
Today Sony Computer Entertainment released its latest firmware update for the PSP in Japan, bringing the portable to version 2.50. While the upgrade to version 2.00 brought with it significant features such as an official web browser, wireless photo sharing, wallpaper support and more, 2.50 includes a few interesting upgrades as well, the most noteworthy being support for Sony’s "LocationFree" streaming option. Through this feature PSP owners will now be able to stream video content to their PSPs anywhere in the world, as long as they have access to a broadband Internet connection and Wi-Fi. In order to take advantage of this service, PSP owners will need to purchase a separate LocationFree base station, which is available in America here.
The base, which runs upwards of $350, can be connected to the Internet and a person’s home PC, or it can also be hooked up to other home entertainment equipment such as DVD or HDD recorders, thereby allowing users to watch just about any video on the road that they would typically watch from the comfort of home. This is very similar to another new device called Slingbox, except that LocationFree costs about $100 more and enables streaming video from your home to your PSP, which might be preferable over a laptop for some people. Once everything is set up, the PSP user simply clicks on the LocationFree icon to start streaming; he/she can then change channels and pause or record on components at home with the onscreen universal remote.
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