Junk TV Gives PlayStation 2 Video Sharing

Thanks to GameGossip for reprinting the press release announcing the release of Datel's unofficial Junk TV software for PlayStation 2, which allows UK-based users with a PS2, broadband connection, and the already million-selling USB Eye Toy peripheral to "record great video messages and share them with your friends over the internet. Store your video clips on Datel's Max TV server, and download messages recorded by others." The PS2 disc, which, interestingly, hasn't passed Sony approval, promises you can "record messages of up to a minute in length", and then "browse the uploaded clips by type, looking for soap-box rants, karaoke performances, games tips and more", although it's unclear whether messages will be vetted before being made public. Update: 12/15 23:11 GMT by S : The Junk TV site is now online, and reveals there's a U.S. version of the software called Max TV.

Comments

A minute?

[Hedonist123]

Seems like a little too short of a time for this to really hit the market decently. I can't see a single minute of video clip being useful for things like karaoke and the others listed in the article. Unless there is a seemless way to merge several of them after downloading, maybe I missed that.

Speaking of missing things, I really don't understand the Eye Toy. Does anyone own one? If they've sold a million of them, there must be some decent use to them. When I first saw them I thought they looked like just a little gimmick add-on, sort of like the gameboy camera. Maybe I just haven't looked into it enough.

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