Actually I'm more curious than anything else. I keep hearing how PS2 makes for a lousy DVD player. I haven't ever had much use for anything beyond scrolling through menus, pausing, fast-forwarding, etc., and I don't own a conventional DVD player, so I have no idea what I could possibly be missing out on. What is it that makes the PS2 such a bad choice as a DVD player?
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Reads fewer types of DVDs (mostly weird DVD-R and RW types), has dumb controls unless you get the remote (Microsoft even cited this as a reason to get the Xbox... "your girlfriend won't want to use a PS2 controller as a remote control"), no sleep function (this was a big one for me since I watch shows to fall asleep, and I don't want it running all night. Most people don't care though), and no nice displays for time and stuff, etc etc.
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In the same few weeks, my older PS2 crapped out, and my DVD player's left channel sound went out.
Two birds with one stone: Slimline PS2 with remote. It's nice, no problems at all.
Oh yeah, I also had to buy a new reciever, but that's besides the point.Comment
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The guts of good DVD players will give you a better picture every time than using even a component connection on a PS2. And some early PS2s won't play movies in progressive scan.Comment
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My PS2 is the only DVD player I've had so I wouldn't know what the differences are. I do know that the only function I've had a complaint about was holding L2/R2 to scan forward/backward and the slow speed of it so getting a remote is definitely helpful.I want that Mulan McNugget sauce, Morty!Comment
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Oh yeah, there is that.
I only have use of an S-Video connection. My TV supports widescreen, and I'm left to assume that conventional DVD players have a 16:9 option to avoid letterboxing and PS2 doesn't. But my TV is still a regular square-shaped TV. The "Widescreen" is the squishing of the screen to produce letterbox. So whether the PS2 can send out a widescreen signal or not on movies doesn't matter much to me."What if like...there was an exact copy of you somewhere, except they're the opposite gender, like you guys could literally have a freaky friday moment and nothing would change. Imagine the best friendship that could be found there."Comment
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There's a widescreen option on the PS2.
But yes, it does not read all of my discs correctly while my DVD player and laptop do. I cannot watch the World Ultimate Championships on the PS2.
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Seeing as I am the master of observation I can tell that... ah, I can't tell the difference. Now, if only I could find my TV.I had to change accounts. I'm here now - http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/member.php?u=1475Comment
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I've seen the 16:9 option before. But it doesn't seem to do actual widescreen for me. It just makes it letterboxed."What if like...there was an exact copy of you somewhere, except they're the opposite gender, like you guys could literally have a freaky friday moment and nothing would change. Imagine the best friendship that could be found there."Comment
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PS2 sucks as a DVD player. It's nothing particular but a lot of smaller things that mostly are an inconvenience.Comment
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elaborate.
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I don't think it's that bad as a DVD player. I know it has played recorded DVD's some regular DVD player won't (of course I have the slim one so that might make a difference). The only problem I have is it will not play DL DVD+R discs, and though the rewind/fast foward are slow, they can be in some dvd players as well, and had any ever tried doing that in Windows Media Center. So while it may not be a high-end DVD player I think it is the best one on a console (and better than a lot of the bargin ones), and you don't have to buy a remote to use it. And it is a lot more portable than most normal dvd players. So it's not the best but it's still a pretty solid DVD player.
Of course I can just output my computer DVD player to my TV, so I don't really use it anymore, not that I watch many DVD's anyway.
If you have a normal sized tv (4:3) then this is the reason. The letter box is so it will be the correct aspect on your TV. Though this should not stop you from buying Widescreen format as it is superior to Fullscreen for many reasons.Originally posted by DraygoneLast edited by thetruecoolness; 08-07-2006, 01:29 AM.Comment
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Also, my roommate in college refused to watch movies on my PS2 after my regular DVD player broke. The difference was that huge.
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Oh yes, I much prefer widescreen over fullscreen. I refuse to buy movies that are "formatted to fit your screen". I was pretty giddy when I got my TV and saw that it could squish the screen to take advantage of widescreen games. Too bad some game's widescreen modes leave much to be desired."What if like...there was an exact copy of you somewhere, except they're the opposite gender, like you guys could literally have a freaky friday moment and nothing would change. Imagine the best friendship that could be found there."Comment
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When I do widescreen games, the leftmost 5% of the screen is still unused.
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