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hey everyone this is Jimmy with Jim's review room so I just got my hands on the Sony PlayStation TV now what this device Sony aims to let gamers have access to a good handful of PlayStation 1 classics PSP games and PlayStation Vita games that are all downloadable from the PlayStation Store closing that gap you can say that prevents the PlayStation 4 from being backwards compatible not to mention this also allows for remote play in turn allowing you to play PlayStation 4 in another room although the PlayStation 4 may be downstairs or in another area so it's priced at $99 at the time this video and we'll see if it's worth a purchase so without further ado we get stuck so the unit itself is very tiny and like similar Sony products it comes only in black and very minimalistic to keep it looking sleek now on the back features the power button on the far left with a memory card slot that's only limited to Vita memory cards microSD cards unfortunately do not work here a USB port is to follow with an HDMI out a LAN cable connection and last is the power port for the supplied wall adapter now once you turn this thing on and go through the setup menu you land on the home page now in general like most media streaming devices like chromecast Roku or Apple TV etc they normally don't have the prettiest menus and a 1080 display letters are slightly still blocky or jagged in a sense but what's also important to note the PlayStation TV only outputs to a maximum of 1080i and that 1080p which is currently the best option in both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 if you have a supporting television however using either the DualShock 3 or DualShock 4 controller really showed navigating the menus to be very fluid and fast though but as stated earlier one of the features and the reason for buying the PlayStation TV is being able to play PlayStation Vita games that you can buy at your local brick-and-mortar stores or digitally through the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 1 games are of course only digital as well and PlayStation TV also supports PlayStation now allowing PlayStation 3 games to be played via streaming over an internet connection and Sony does confirm you can do local couch co-op and online multiplayer as well but the lineup is on your screen looks pretty good and if you're considering a purchasing and seriously using these features check with Sony first for their latest lineup and I'll put the link in the video description for you to conveniently check now what's creating a bigger buzz and what I believe is the allure of this device is being able to play playstation 4 remotely in a different room now granted it can only be played on the same home network so you can't take the PlayStation TV to your friend's house and play off of your PlayStation 4 from miles away no gaming system can do that clean and clear you can say at this moment but this really eliminates having to disconnect and reconnect the entire PlayStation 4 system if you want to play in again other rooms in your house and this can be done either wired with a LAN cable of course or actually uses through your Wi-Fi system as well now to add on to that cross-play will work for supporting titles allowing one person to be on PlayStation 4 and the other and playstation TV and you both are able to play the same game via online multiplayer not to mention party chat as well we'll work with each other but how does this all work out and is there any lag and that's the biggest concern the biggest question here well testing the system for remote play it's good in a sense but not the best the delay is about a half a second or less which you really can't notice when playing single-player games and especially if you don't have two scenes to compare like what I'm doing here now my button mashing four attacks two movements in games yielded fine again the moves are executed within a reasonable tolerance but what unfortunately sticks out is the framerate looks to be less than 30 frames per second the characters for sure are not as smooth and I try this over a wireless AC router and with a hard-line physical connection which should provide the best results still both instances seemed identical in a lower frame rate now both monitors on your screen they are identical but the left monitor is older and I've tried these same exact settings on both but the newer monitor on the right always showed better colors and I wouldn't suspect the PlayStation TV would manipulate the colors they should pretty much be the same though so it's a monitors fault it's not the PlayStation TV I'm suspect here but what is off though a bit is the stream content from the PlayStation TV plays less crisp and less defined in detail it is noticeable in looking side by side of the original and extreme content you can see the difference pretty well but if you're intending on playing PlayStation 1 games or other classic yet more pixelated games I would suspect it shouldn't be a noticeable issue but besides gaming popular movie apps like Netflix Hulu Downton YouTube are not available at this time now when addressed Sony did respond that they are working on implementing those very popular apps but there's no set time frame it's a major letdown considering that I would have loved Netflix being available on another one of my TV's here at the house now playing Netflix on the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita and then trying to stream it it still doesn't work at the time this video but as long as it's I guess Sony is working on this and it's going to be down the road I think at that time it would entice me a little bit more so in the end I really think if you're really wanting to play your video games on your TV really want to play some old-school classics like Final Fantasy 7 Syphon Filter the Street Fighter Alpha just the name of you then it justifies the price of admission to gain access to this video game library now if you're more likely relying this on for the the Remote Play feature just be aware this isn't ideal for online multiplayer now if you're pretty competitive 1/2 a second delay in battlefield or Call of Duty could jeopardize your playing experience also the frame rate does drop and it is noticeable at least for me even when connected with a cat 6 cable directly through the router you could experience something different but again that's just my personal setup and last keep in mind at the moment it's very video game focused and the major apps and apps like Netflix or Hulu are missing so down below in the comment section tell me what you think about this item even if you're not intending on buying this for yourself do you think this would do pretty much well in the market today so I'll just leave it as that if you do like my work if you can please show your support by liking and subscribing and then following me on Facebook Twitter or Google+ as it does help in bringing you more content like this so this is Jimmy with Jim's review room you guys take care out there I'll see you in the next one bye you