Watching TV with the PSP 1seg 

A followup to this video covering the DS version of the tuner is now out. You can see it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RJXRG2FyHQk.html

I actually bought this tuner on my very first trip to Japan in 2007. It was September and PSP-2000 was just coming out I got it on launch day ( which are legendary in Japan ). Was pretty epic. And I knew it would be useless back in Europe. But I wanted to experience watching live tv on my psp

Hopefully this is an interesting watch! I know it’s a bit different than my usual content, but let me know if you’d like to see similar videos covering other Japanese gaming memorabilia or arcades and whatnot.

It works in South America, since if it is 1sec and the Japanese - Brazilian norm is used - Brazil - Argentina (Some channels don't work well and no audio) - Chile (Some channels broadcast at 15 FPS, but they work fine) - Uruguay (Does not detect some channels) - Bolivia - Paraguay - Venezuela (Yes Same in Venezuela) - Ecuador

3:43 Now here's an anime that screams, "Sorry Netflix or free TV elsewhere, you can't have an English dub of this show, this is our show!"

It's a shame free portable tuners never really took off here in America. Pretty quickly TV networks started mobile streaming services that were tied to your cable subscription.

When the psp come out it was so awsome. I Played it everything. I love the psp🖤

Awesome video! I recently picked one up last week and wasn't sure if it was still supported in Japan. I'm glad to know it still is!

Super cool that you covered this and glad it still works! Maybe I’ll think about getting it sometime for my psp…

That’s super cool and way ahead of its time

That is really interesting. I had no idea. Love the red PSP by the way.

This is some LGR tier stuff. Damn this is awesome!

Never knew that existed, it's awesome!

The Philippines is also 30fps as well but there broadcasters who do not implement 1seg nowadays to add more bandwidth for their channels. Sony also made a similar tuner for South Korea which works with their DMB-T standard.

Good video Legend.

Wow, I expected 1seg could be discontinued by now and that it would stop working, guess not. You should totaly try out the DS tuner!

6:05 Touge Max Drift is a fantastic game! I discovered it while living in Japan and it's a shame that it didn't come to America. Driving and controls feel great even by today's standards.

It's weird how you think about something and turns out you're not the only one to do so. 2 days old video. Perfect. Good quality material, english language, mote than enough informative, hands on WORKING content. It really seems like a whole different era. Where things were created for the people to enjoy & make life simpler. Things that one would actually want instead of passive-agressively forcing people to buy proprietary memory cards & other things to get into digital only content 15 years too early. Little on the side about psp as a multimedia device in general. It's a shame psp didn't use bigger 4:3 screen & minidisc instead of UMD. It would have made so much more sense for media consumption. Music, photo/video & games on one portable console. UK & japan were fond of minidisc, unlike USA, which had rushed release without proper marketing. The device itself was chunkier than SONY'S OWN d-50 discman from 1984, d100 from 86 was even more compact, slightly bigger than cd alone. By 1990 CD's were already much more affordable & widely spread. If they had waited until the device shrink. It would have grown big for 5 years before mp3 were a thing, with proper law enforcing maybe even fending mp3's off until psp's release. By then people would buy their kids psp's like crazy if it would have TV, music, photo, video & gaming capabilities, basically for the same price. But enough of my ranting, thanks for the video.

I love this video! Recently bought a used PSP from game store and it happened to be a Japanese 3000. Now I know what the app is for thank you!

This thing is still useful in Japan, because theres alot of earthquake and other disasters, then a device with an antenna is very useful

love the music!

This is hilarious, I’m gonna go look for one of these at Hardoff!

It's been a fair amount of time since 1Seg was put to practical use, but I can't believe that Japan and Brazil are still the only countries that have adopted it...😕

Modern phones can use a USB tuner that is fully featured and not the gimped 1seg.

Had no idea this existed!

I've just bought a PSP 2000 series on eBay, it came along with this tv tuner but I don't actually know wether it works in Mexico or not, cuzz I don't speak Japanese to find it out while I try to run the 1seg app in my PSP. Does anyone know if I can use this In Mexico?

I'm not sure if that TV Tuner works outside Japan especially those Countries with 1seg support? oh! Philippines? yes we're still have 1seg as iSDB-T

Hell yeah 1seg

Wow the katamari sound track 😮

This may sound pointless but I wonder if you can connect the AV cable adapter and watch TV on... your TV. By the way, I found a video from 2010 of someone using this to watch TV in Brazil. Maybe it was a problem with that person's PSP but for some reason it didn't have any sound

I had no ideia we have this signal in Brazil

Also, this 1seg tuner works in brazil, argentina uruguay and peru.

i would wonder if some one could homebrew it to work in the us

That’s so cool!

Cool video. I wanted to ask something : can the 1seg receiver work on a non-japanese PSP ? Do I have to download the 1seg app? I own a european/french PSP-3004 which read japanese UMD natively, if it help to know.

I live in Brazil, here we have ISDB-T 1seg, I wish I had this add-on to test it.

What's going on with the record function probably wasn't a failure to recognize the memory unit, but rather that it may require MagicGate to work. MagicGate is a form of copy protection used by PSP and the Sony Memory Sticks, which is implemented in hardware via a component on the reader and a counterpart on the stick itself. It should go without saying that those microSD adapters don't have MagicGate hardware on them like real Memory Sticks do.

Awesome accessory and video. Whats the name of the song in the background?

Have a nice day or have a good evening. I was able to see your video (more precisely, the one about the DS version of these small antennas) thanks to the Disney phones video by Michael MJD. He also said that the technology you mentioned is in the phones that Disney has released exclusively for Japan, and he also said that you have tried it on the DS and PSP as in this video. As for my question; you tried the DS version on the 3DS and it worked, but what about the PlayStation Vita, since it has an application called Adrenaline that provides access to the PSP system, can the PSP version also work on the Vita? Could you at least try this? 😁

I live in USA and have the 1seg so far, I couldn't read Japanese but want to learn if it's possible to scan digital channels around my area. I could use some help to try it out.

Yo! I have the same red PSP as you!

whats the first song in the background?? it sounds v familiar, i just cant remember the name T_T

I want that!

I wish that would work in New York City.

5:38 interestingly witnessing an accident caught on dashcam

Can you do video out while using seg1 tv tuner?

That joint expensive frfr

New psp new psp model user its time ah ah

Can you still watch tv on a psp ? Please tell me Please and thank you

This still works, wow Did analog tv tuner extension ever exist? Did anyone ever create their own hardware extensions (didnt find any documentation on how the interface works)

New model new model

It would be good if there's any technique what allows it to work in US

Will this work with the psp street e1000 model?

Interesting, but now is 2022, we need gaming device which like win max 2

I'm gonna guess this doesn't work for me if I buy it and try to use it in the U.S. Florida!

what song are you using?

When is it making a comeback build in psp or antenna give it to me for free pop

Will the 1Seg TVTuner Work on a PSP 100X?

Few things: • 1seg maximum quality is 320×240 at ~20 FPS, to be honest a really good quality, considered the data is channelled trough a bandwidth of 450kHz. • Not being able to record on the PSP is due fact that the adapter doesn't have Magic Gate compatibility. • Sony made a lot of good stuff for Japan, but being Sony, actively compartmentalizing thing is in its CV. I still remember when I had to repair my PSP in Romania and because Sony at the time supported only west Europe, even buying games through the store was nearly impossible, let alon repair it.

Does this work in USA?

is it ATSC compatible?

Does 1SEG support Freeview

I don’t understand if you’re from US or Japan

will i work 2024 i have one

Where can i get one ?

What game is that 6:07 ?

New all games umd opt entertainment ep tv shows a a etc etc

not a port for an "external receiver" - the 1sex box itself is the receiver. The port is for an external antenna.

I'll buy it from u

I'll buy it for 20 dollars