Kotaku: 1seg

PSP 1seg Tuner Makes Gambling Easier

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:00:08 MST

Know this about Japan: Sunday is horse racing day. Folks who are spending the day playing the ponies, spend the afternoon either glued to their big screens or tracking the race on their cell phones. Wouldn't it be nice to follow the race on a beautiful screen via digital broadcast? With the PSP Slim & Lite's 1seg tuner you can watch the horses on a digital reception. That means you can spend your Sunday playing golf, watching the races and generally avoiding your family. 1seg ad [PSP Fanboy]

DS TV Fails to Impress

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:00:12 MST

Nintendo has tons of good ideas. This isn't one of them. With many Japanese cell phones already sporting crystal clear displays and digital 1seg TV tuners (and smaller) antennas, why would anyone want this? Can you imagine pulling this out on the train? You'd put someone's eye out!

PSP Digital TV Tuner Interface

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:00:15 MDT

Back in July, we posted a couple shots of the Japan only PSP Slim's digital TV tuner. And now, we're posting pics of the interface. Imagine that! The display lists channels and whatnot on the right and has the program in the fill out the rest of the screen. It is possible to use the entire screen as well. Good to know.
PSP Pics [Famitsu]

What Japanese PSP Users Want (Hint: Not Games)

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:22:20 MDT

A recent poll quizzed Japanese folks about what functions they'd like to see appear on the PSP. What do folks want? A big chunk of those polled wanted 1seg support. Beginning this past April, 1seg is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan. In short, it lets people view digital TV on portable devices. Talk about an application that's absolutely perfect for the PSP. What do folks not want? Functions like the PSP camera add-on and the GPS receiver weren't that popular, which doesn't bode well for these products when they launch in Japan this fall. Three words: better market research. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [GameSpot]