It’s been in the works for some time, but numerous Twitter users over the weekend reported that the ABC’s well-regarded and recently redesigned iView service is now working on the PS3. (Sony has a launch event for its PlayTV scheduled this week which will likely promote the iView integration as well.) If you’ve given it a try, tell us how it rolls in the comments.
andy
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:05 AMHow do you access it? Via the PS3 browser or is there an app?
Lem
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:06 AMDiscovered this yesterday and it seems very smooth. Sits under the TV same as my PlayTV icon (even though it’s really just a browser shortcut)
Boris
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:14 AMI tried to use it on the w/e but found the quality of the video’s very poor on my 1080p setup…
THe couple of shows i tried where super pixelated.
Matty C
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 2:11 PMI agree with Boris – very blocky on the big screen. Recognising the bandwidth issues of pumping out a hd service, I was wondering if there’s a way to use the ps3′s upscaling capabilities to make it look a little smoother….
andy
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 1:08 PMI don’t have a TV icon – do you need PlayTV before this appears?
Shravan
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 1:41 PMAndy , you will have to update your PS3 firmware and you should be able to see the TV icon after this.
andy
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 2:46 PMThanks Shravan
Scott
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 2:22 PMGreat – I have been waiting for this
No more lugging the laptop to the TV
hackedlife
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 8:15 PMwhat firmware? I have 3.10 and have no TV icon.
where’s the TV icon?
Dee
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 9:05 AMGet playTV, with that comes the TV icon. But once you have playTV just record everything you want from the ABC anyway which is much better quality, less bandwith usage.
Mario
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 1:38 PMSo this article is in fact incorrect, you need PlayTV to get the icon.?
Scott
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 2:02 PMNo, you don’t need Play TV. You just need to update to the latest firmware and then log into PSN. The icon should then appear when you exit PSN or reboot.
Emilio
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 8:03 PMwhat no-one seems to be mentioning here is its probably region specific… just thought i’d add that in, but i may be wrong ;D
Christopher
Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 12:14 AMI updated my PS3 on Monday but didn’t notice the new TV icon ’till I read this article. The ABC iView app works great. There was a little bit of a problem initially, with the browser arrow not matching up with the links, but a reload of the page fixed it and the interface is now fine.
The ABC is great at reaching audiences using new technologies early.
trer
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 10:17 PMwhy doesn’t it work anymore? I’ve used iveiw for months without a problem now when I select a program i get the ratings advice and then a black screen??? nothing…