PSP users in Japan have been able to download videos via Sony’s Portable TV Service (P-TV) for the past year. The service provides downloadable, DRM-encoded videos for viewing on the PSP. An availability date for the service has not been made available to the US so far, but it would seem likely that a US-based version of P-TV would be coming. Japanchronicles.com has a review of the service. From the review, the biggest issues to date seem to be availability of videos, and the cost. There are some movie trailers and previews available for free, but a majority of the videos cost money. Costs range between 100 and about 300 yen for individual videos, and the video itself can only be played within a certain window before they expire. Expiration time varies from 5 to 7 days. For some of the episodic content, users can buy subscriptions that allow unlimited video downloads within a category, but these average 6300 yen per month. Overall, Japanchronicles.com gives the service thumbs up for easy of use, but there aren’t a lot of videos available for fans of shows other than dramas and anime.

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