Excitement became disappointment
By
Michael D. Warrenon October 16, 2014
Edition: Playstation TVVerified Purchase
I pre-ordered the PS TV, because I was excited about the chance to remote play my PS4, in other rooms of my house, and free up my main TV, when my family wanted to use it. I have a Vita, and the remote play is very good on it, so I figured it would essentially be the same result. Unfortunately, it was not.
The set up was easy, and the interface was good (much like the vita). I was a bit surprised that it does not utilize the dual shock 4 touchpad though.
Initially, I set it up to use wifi. I tried remote playing my PS4 (it is wired to my network). It seemed good, when using the game menus, but once I actually tried gaming, it was terrible. Major pixelation, and very laggy controller response. I experimented with various settings, and options, but could not improve things. The wifi does not support 802.11n 5Ghz (or it wasn't finding mine).
Day 2, I ran a network line, to my other room, and tried again, but wired to my network. The pixelation was no longer an issue, but the controls were inconsistent. It went from tolerable, to laggy, depending on how much action was on the screen, or how soon it was, after initiating the remote connection.
To top it off, it does not support the DS4 microphone jack, and none of my wireless headsets work with it. I did try my bluetooth earpiece (for mobile devices), and it works, but the PS TV sends ALL audio through the bluetooth, instead of just party chat. There is no option to separate it.
My Sony Elite headset did still work, connecting to my PS4, but it was choppy/terrible, because it was trying to broadcast through the house.
My final decision: I'm returning it. I'll reconsider it, if they release a version 2, with more powerful hardware (better networking and processor), and improved software (to support chat better). I gave it 2 stars, because it probably is a great device, if you just want to play your Vita games on it, or you want to use it to play media (rent movies, play music, view photos, etc...)