Page 1 of Playstation 2 DVD Player - Opinions & and a problem

Hi All,

New to this forum and just got my first DVD player in the form of a PS2.

Does anyone else here have a PS2 and use it for the DVD capability?

I have encountered 1 or 2 minor problems with it though. The picture quality wasn`t stunning - but the s-video cable seems to have helped.

The other problem I have is that during a film (Lake Placid) the sound and the picture started to go out of sink. This seems only to be rectified by stopping the DVD and starting it from the same point again.

IS this a normal sort of DVD problem - or something that is a PS2 problem? Any ideas on why it happens and how I can fix it?

Any advise would be greatfully received!

Yours,

Aus

I dont have a PS2 but I do know that alot of them are fualty and yours could be one of them. This was announce by Sony a couple of weeks ago I think.

Maybe someone else can correct me here

Right he we go

Sony cannot output RGB for the DVD portion of the PS2, this is because it disables, Yes u guessed it MacroVison !!!

There r people working on a chip for the PS2 that will enable u to play PSX 1 backups and different regions, PSX 2 backups and different regions,make the DVD multi region, and possibly fix the RGB playback issues

check out www.modchip.com or alike for info


as for the lip sink probs give sony a ring, they have a PSX hotline, ring sony uk to get it, or can someone posts on here ??

Hope this helps

Giz
Cuddly Mugwi

Thank you both for your input - its been very helpful.

Glad I found this site!

hi Aus

I have a Ps2 but no prbs yet ( fingers crosed)
there is a site called http://www.kanection.co.uk and they sent a news letter out saying they had info on 2 third party mod chips and 1 software based. i can send for you just email me vaznoc[at].moc.loa

if thats any help

tors

A friend has ask me to find out why he get a mainly green picture with his and he only got his yesterday, i`ve read something somewhere but i can`t remember where

Its because the PS2 doesn`t output RGB through the scart for DVD playback. If you get an S-Video lead the problem will disappear.

Yes I got that problem too - and the problem is solved with the use of a s-video cable. I found that HMV did quite a good one - and suprisingly cheap too!

Its a bit of swizz on the part of Sony I think - most people use scart and unless you have a fairly modern telly - u might not get s-video sockets.

Whilst on this subject I can heartily recomend getting one of the third party PS2 remotes controls for the DVD.

I got the "Mad Catz" one and it works a treat - apart from the fact I haven`t got round to programing the tele and video for it!