PSP Firmware Upgrade Brings 'LocationFree' Video Streaming

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October 13th 2005

PSP Firmware Upgrade Brings 'LocationFree' Video Streaming

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Following on from Sony President, Howard Stringer's announcement that the PSP was going to be equipped to stream video from your home PC while on the road, Sony Japan has released a firmware upgrade that makes it possible.

With 'LocationFree' you can stream TV or movies from your home over broadband internet to your PSP - virtually anywhere in the world (as long as you have a WiFi connection).

At home you connect your AV components and broadband internet to your LocationFree Base Station. Yes, unfortunately you have to fork out around $350 for some extra hardware.

On the road, connect your PSP to a wireless hotspot and click on the LocationFree icon to start streaming your favourite TV programmes. Change channels, pause or record on your components at home with the onscreen universal remote.

For the record, the other changes with the 2.5 firmware (which is currently only available in Japan) are:

[Text Size] and [Display Mode] settings of the [Internet Browser] can now be saved.
The input history of online forms accessed through the [Internet Browser] can now be saved.
Copyright-protected video can now be played under [Video].

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