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Aurimas

Awesome

Reviewed in Germany on March 20, 2019

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Everything as described and unused bonus code for 3 games. Awesome!!

Mahoney

At the new price you can't go wrong.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2015

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As a remote portal for my ps4 this is brilliant. It works best if the ps4 and pstv are connected via LAN as opposed to wireless and a little tweak of the settings on the Pstv meant latency was almost non existant.

Playing gta v and alien resurrection is a pleasure on spare tv and frees that up for other occasions. Latency rarely grilled interesting results whilst driving in gta.

Sound is reduced to stereo and the graphics are 720p with a lower bit rate so don't expect the same quality in darker or more detailed scenes but overall it's a great product for the price.

Added benefits are you can play many ps vita and ps one games on it from the store. You can also download a media player which will stream content from most network devices (although mkv doesn't seem to be supported)

The inbuilt storage is a little low and extra storage is a bit expensive. The dualshock controllwr has to be paired with this via usb so if you only have 1 you'll soon be Looking for another to avoid having to do this each time you swap platform.

Finally I was a little disappointed not to be able to stream Amazon prime, Netflix or blue ray from the ps4 which would have been a great benefit for me as I have a pre smart tv in the pstv location.

Overall I'm really pleased and this is a great solution to sharing the main tv with the rest of the family.

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Jose Luis Recio Iglesias

Todo bien.

Reviewed in Spain on March 23, 2019

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Esta bien.

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Tis786

Great on Wired as a PS4 companion device

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2015

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I bought this purely for the remote play feature so i can play my PS4 games in my bedroom. I have the PS4 in my main room downstairs in an entertainment centre connected to the home router by Ethernet cable. I have the Vita TV in my bedroom and first off let me say in my house the wifi is extremely poor in my bedroom, i have the same issue with my PS Vita handheld, constant disconnections pixelation etc but the great thing about vita TV is it has an ethernet port built in. I now use a home plug in my bed room and connect the Vita TV and my PS3 to it with ethernet cables which has resolved the poor connection issues. Memory cards can be switched between Vita Tv and Vita handheld so long as the same accounts are used on both. It can also play ps one and psp games. It will also play PS3 games in future via the playstation now service soon to be launched in the UK. My only complaints are that psone games are displayed with a black border around them and it needs more apps like youtube netflix etc memory cards on vita in general are expensive, and not all vita games will work on this device. The PSP and vita games which do work look and play amazing especially if you use a dual shock 4 controller. There is an app called network media player which lets me connect to my media server over dlna which is ok but not perfect either. All in all not a bad device but sony should do more to make more games compatible and their official list is not 100% correct either as one of my PSP games (sega megadrive collection) is listed as compatible but doesnt work when you launch it on Vita TV. I bought this on day one and gutted it has been reduced in price already but for the current price its definitely worth it though some may disagree. To sum it up i would say to get the full potential out of it use a wired connection on your PS4 and your Vita TV dont bother with WiFi its pointless

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Jengi

Sony TV

Reviewed in Germany on January 22, 2016

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also wie in der Werbung versprochen Artikel einwandfrei einfach
so wie die Reklame es vorgibt genial kann es nur sagen alles ok

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Paul

Over LAN ... spot on!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2015

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When I got this item, it was TOTALLY in Polish, all instructions, and the box. However when I plugged it in, it was all in English. Now I already knew before hand that using this thing over Wi-Fi wasn't going to happen, but luckily I have a 1GB network in my home. If you have ever used the Vita remote play, you'll know EXACTLY how this thing performs, because it works in exactly the same way. Really easy to set up, and I had it running within about 20 minutes, after figuring out how to pair it to my PS4.

It has ever such a slight lag you can feel, but maybe .2 seconds is barely noticeable, unless you're playing hardcore games online. But this is not what it's for, this is for shoving in your bedroom out the way of the Mrs. Or in the kitchen while you're cooking Christmas dinner (What I got mine for.)

Seriously great bit of kit, especially for the price! Oh and this box is tiny!!

Will Martin

Not bad but be prepared to spend more money than simply the price of the unit.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2014

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When you cohabit with a missus, you are almost always denied peak usage of the prime gaming rooms. This means sloping away into less enticing locations around the house if you want to continue your PS4 trophy hunts. Previously, that meant detaching your PS4 from the main TV and hulking into the next room, losing valuable playing time during installation. When I saw the PSTV advertised I was immediately sold on the concept. It seemed too good to be true. In a way, it was.

Firstly, if you're intending to connect to your PS4 over Wifi alone, you will be gutted at the performance. On the few occasions it does find your machine over the network, the lag is so debiliating that games become almost like a chess match. I perservered for an entire half on Pro Evo before realising that it would probably be quicker to post my actions to the console via Royal Mail than press the buttons on the controller.

Sony know it's terrible over Wifi. They warn you incessantly against it in the product quick start guides and manual. They say that the process works much better over a wired network. Considering the product is specifically designed to put distance between the console and the PSTV, using a wired connection isn't always feasible. This lead me to purchasing Powerline adapters.

1. Powerline adaptors are essential when using this unit, if you have no other way of hardwiring the PSTV and the PS4 into the router. I bought a set of two TP Link ones from Amazon for £25. They have substantially reduced the lag and made the games entirely playable.

2. I only owned one PS4 controller. I believed you could seamlessly switch it between the PSTV and the console. From what I now understand, you can't. It pairs with one or the other so every time you want to switch, you have to reset the pairing by connecting via USB. This is annoying and prompted me to purchase another controller, so I could have a dedicated one assigned to each unit. This is around the £40 mark.

The operating system on PSTV is like something from the Early Learning Centre. I'd go as far as to say it looks disgusting. If you are using this unit for anything other than remote play, I can see the OS grating on you. It doesn't even have Netflix integration, a staple offering for these types of media units.

So there you go. Remote play is decent with a wired connection. Be prepared to purchase an extra controller if you currently only own one. Try not to spend any time on the PSTV home screen or using the other features because they will regress you.

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MB2012

Excellent Piece Of Kit...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2014

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This is a brilliant piece of kit. I really do not understand why people are giving it 1 or 2 star rating especially on things such as not been able to stream Netflix/Youtube etc OR poor image etc while using remote play for PS4 on WiFi when SONY clearly has not mentioned anything to do with this box been able to stream LIVE TV or anything.

VM 100MB Broadband
PS4 - Wired
PS TV - WiFi & Wired

So, since i heard so much about remote play being bad via WiFi connection , i tried that first, and yes it wasn't perfect but i had a great experience playing The Crew - Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare - PES 2015, there was no lag but image quality wasn't really all that but after 5 minutes or so it was reall good. I then tried the Wired Connection to the PSTV and no doubt this really improved the Picture Quality , oh and definitley UNTICK the box on your PS4 under >> (Settings) > [Remote Play Connection Settings], and then select the [Enable Remote Play] system's function screen, and then UNTICK the [Connect Directly with PlayStation®Vita System] , now both PS4 and PSTV will work via the Wired LAN connection.

Overall my experience has been amazing, i have been playing via the Remote Play the whole long xmas weekend and i can not complain at all. I'm just loving the fact that if i have to switch to a different room, there is no more reason for me not to carry on playing my PS4.

THIS IS FOR THE PLAYERS!!

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A disappointing device...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2014

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I purchased this primarily for remote play on ps4 when travelling. The Vita which I tried previously for same purpose was awful as it was a couple of dual shock control buttons short when emulating a dual shock controller, meaning the touch screen had to be used for some button combinations - not ideal for games like destiny.

So Playstation tv is much better in that regard as it actually supports a dual shock 3 or 4 controller.

It doesn't support audio very well though you cannot connect audio devices to the Playstation tv box directly and using a dual shock 4 the headset functionality is disabled. Apparently it may support a Bluetooth headset but I wasn't prepared to spend any more money trying.

At home the response of remote play is good as you'd expect with a wired connection. Remotely at hotels not too bad over wireless, a recent update allows you to downgrade remote screen quality for lower speed connections.

Remotely though the lag was too much for online games, but would be ok for campaign type situations.

The interface used on the device is the same as the vita, which frankly I find a bit childish on its presentation compared to the psp or PS3/PS4 xmb.

For home use this device is pretty good for remote play but lack of audio support a major issue.

For use over the internet I wouldn't bother, with the money I've spent on this and a vita so that I could remote play while travelling, adding just £60 more I could buy a second ps4 which would be a much more stable, balanced and functional solution with much better audio support.

With the recent lawsuit in the US for the vitas remote play claims and the poor implementation of Playstation tv I'm disappointed with this product.

For those that want to play vita games on a TV or use this as an extension to the vita, if you like that device, then you probably won't be disappointed. For me though the primary purpose was remote play while travelling.

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MattDaddyCool

Using on WiFi - working well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2015

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OK, so I was dubious about buying this item given that all of the reviews above this said it only worked on an Ethernet connection with some fancy cables. I’m no techie and I certainly don’t have any Ethernet ports popping out of walls in my bedroom, so I opted for the standard WiFi with crossed fingers.

Don’t expect much from the free game downloads that come with it (all retro styled that wouldn’t look out of place on a Master System or Sega Megadrive). The option to download PS1 games from the store is a nice touch, but I agree with other reviewers on here that the relatively cheap price of the item soon shoots up when you realise you need to purchase additional things (£40 for a Vita memory card, £45 for a new controller).

All in all, this is a very clever piece of kit and I’m overwhelmed with how well it performs on WiFi. There is an occasional lag but not enough to cause issues and I’ve made no amendments on my PS4 console settings whatever, so there may even be an option for me to improve the performance even more based on other Buyer suggestions above.

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