Today at the Leipzig Game Convention in Europe Sony announced that they will be launching PlayTV sometime in early 2008. PlayTV brings not one but two high definition (1080p) TV tuners to the Playstation 3 game console along with DVR capabilities allowing you to record one show and save another, both in high def.

This is pretty cool in itself (especially if you’re in Europe since this uses European Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial only), but there’s more. You can also transfer these videos from your PS3 and watch them on your PSP while on the go and even use the Remote Play feature on your PSP to watch what’s on your PS3 and to program in your recordings. Just how well and fast this will actually work remains to be seen but it’s without a doubt a big step in the “cool” direction, even if it’s not in the U.S. quite yet.

On top of all of this, Sony has hooked up with the BT Group in Britain who is planning on bringing video and VoIP to the PSP through Go!Messenger which is also set to launch in early 2008.

via Joystiq