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Sony PS3's VidZone Service Gives You Free Music and Video
Posted by Jason Chen at 1:38 AM on August 21, 2008
Sony's just announced a video service for their PS3 called VidZone, which somehow offers up free music and videos, albeit only in PAL regions for the time being. It'll allow you to streaming unlimited music on demand for free, but it's unclear whether it'll be ad-supported, or whether the catalog will be full of only Sony BMG tracks, or whether these are horrible tracks that nobody wants to hear anyway. We'll update with more info when we get it, but this is separate from the current PSN service which already lets you buy and rent movies (which is shown in the screenshot above). [Maxconsole]
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D_Zarster
Posted 2:23 AM 21/8/08
I see nothin.. anyone whos has more luck tham me? and where do you find it?
D_Zarster
D_Zarster
Posted 2:13 AM 21/8/08
uhh.. im gonna go check for it on my PS3 right away.. :D
Im in central europe
D_Zarster
drywaller79
Posted 2:00 AM 21/8/08
Good.. i think.. some more details please, Sony!
drywaller79
snakepliskin
Posted 1:47 AM 21/8/08
Umm that sounds too good to be true, especially from sony. Lets wait to hear what the catch is, im guessing first born child, perhaps 2 limbs, or some sort of blood sacrifice.
snakepliskin
Jimbuck
Posted 1:44 AM 21/8/08
Sweet! It's about time Sony lift's up the skirt and starts putting out better features for audio/video content.
Jimbuck
drywaller79
Posted 2:47 AM 21/8/08
I'm wondering if its just like an 'internet radio' type thing. Which isn't bad I guess.
drywaller79
D_Zarster
Posted 3:13 AM 21/8/08
@nflsonic:
looks like you are right on that one.. oh well.. cant wait to try it out since the other video service never came to europe. (not yet atleast. ) nor the HOME beta..
D_Zarster
nflsonic
Posted 3:01 AM 21/8/08
@D_Zarster:I don't believe this service has been released yet.
But I definitely wouldn't mind if this turns out to be an internet radio of sorts.
nflsonic
Mr.SithNinja
Posted 4:05 AM 21/8/08
Looks like I will have to create a PAL profile....
Mr.SithNinja
ToyHammer
Posted 3:47 PM 21/8/08
@Mr.SithNinja
The US PSN Video store is IP locked. I can buy the PSN games even though I'm not from there but the videos are off-limits. This will almost surely be IP locked to the correct region as well.
ToyHammer
lefonceobscure
Posted 3:08 AM 22/8/08
It actually doesn't sound all that improbable. The ad shows movies that you would find free on demand with most digital cable providers; if you spring for the premium channels, that is.
lefonceobscure