DVD's on PS2?

[~YuckFou~]

Quick question...


Do I need the remote or can I use the controller?

 

[whipped]

This ain't Xbox country you're in. Sony don't stich everyone up completely. The controller works just fine.

 

[LTF]

I play dvds on mine with controller, they were fine to start with, but have been 'sticking' and 'jumping' every few seconds, its getting worse now, dvds arent scratched cuz they work fine in a proper player.

Must need the lense cleaning i guess.... but games are fine?!


Wierd...

 

[wolfeeh]

bah

don't be tight, get the remote. the controller sucks ass :/

[and the xbox 0wns the ps2 for dvd playback - i have both]

 

[~YuckFou~]

Re: bah

Originally posted by wolfeeh
don't be tight, get the remote. the controller sucks ass :/

Its not the money, I have never watched a dvd and am curious to see what it's like. Some of my family/friends have movies that I wouldn't mind seeing. Another thing is we have way too many remotes already, tv, video, sky, hifi, time for an "all in one" methinks

 

[wolfeeh]

urggh

all in one's are never a pretty solution...
in my bedroom alone i have 5 remotes :/

xbox, ps2, tv, video, hifi. it IS annoying i'll grant u, but far more flexible than an all in one will ever be

 

[Kippa.]

PS2 DVD playback sucks tbh :/

 

[wolfeeh]

dude

it's better than somit like a matsui dvd player, or any of them shit ones you can pick up in tesco's or asda etc...

 

[Moving Target]

Re: bah

Originally posted by wolfeeh
[and the xbox 0wns the ps2 for dvd playback - i have both]

I don't think anyone would buy an X-Box to watch DVDs.

 

[wolfeeh]

well

that's debatable actually; comet were selling them for £129 the other day... wangle a free dvd remote in the bargain... makes a pretty good fucking dvd player if you ask me... especially with the ability to play some games when you fancy it

 

[Sar]

Re: Re: bah

Originally posted by Moving Target


I don't think anyone would buy an X-Box to watch DVDs.

It would surprise you.

I've had several people in the shop this week alone (yes, it's only Wednesday) looking to buy a console for it's DVD playback. The games to them are the "bonus feature".

 

[old.UKTwister]

i bought my xbox partly for DVD player too

great remote aswell, easier than anything i've seen for a standalone dvd player.

 

[Aikon]

Apparently you need the remote on the older versions of the PS2,

They contain a CD that puts Drivers on your memory card to help you run the DVDs Better.

I think the new PS2 are ok,
But the remote is a handy thing to have, alot easier to use than the controller

 

[wolfeeh]

LOL

there's no apparently about it. NO ps2, old or new, needs the remote controller to play dvd's.

 

[legendario]

I bought a GC for it's DVD playback....I can't fit the disc in though

 

[old.D0LLySh33p]

Originally posted by legendario
I bought a GC for it's DVD playback....I can't fit the disc in though

lol.

 

[wolfeeh]

 

[NaveT]

I bought a GC for it's DVD playback....I can't fit the disc in though

Should of bought the panasonic gamecube then... http://www.lik-sang.com/image.php?category=77&products_id=1575&img=panasonic-gamecube

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

i ve never watched a dvd on a ps2, but have heard of ppl who bought a ps2 for dvd playback, but ended up getting a standalone player aswell , becuase you have to put the vol up on the tv, just to drown out the noise from the ps2 fan.

 

[legendario]

The DVD volume on the ps2 is indeed fuckin abysmal but i luv it anyway.

 

[wolfeeh]

hmm

i find this is true of a lot of things tho - my video recorders do it, my consoles do it... everything... so i would hardly begin to criticise the PS2 for it too.

what gets on my tits though - slightly unrelated....

adverts on telly being a completely different volume to the film/show you are watching... it's like you've got the volume on X setting to hear conversation comfortably etc.... then all of a sudden, adverts start and BOOM, the windows are shaking.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Get a better TV with a constant volume level setting.

 

[wolfeeh]

scooba;

hah! wish it was that easy. hell our newest telly; one of the silver/white trinitron wega sony tv's still does it.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Get a better one that actually has it then?

Alternatively learn to love your mute button?

 

[wolfeeh]

bah

wish i earned as much money as you

 

[Happy Go Lucky]

serves you rite for going for style over substance

 

[iamtheone]

What type of TV you have makes no difference to the volume of adverts, they will be louder than the programme you are watching no matter what because of the way in which the TV broadcast companies broadcast adverts, MTV is the worst for this. Watch a video and than it goes to the adverts, listen how loud they are, especially if it is for an MTV releated show/spin-off, if its louder gets your attention.

 

[PR.]

I think Scoobs referring to the new TV's that keep the volume the same no matter how loud its being broadcast at.

The same way CD Burner software allows you to normalise the volume of selections of MP3's when they are burnt to CD

 

[wolfeeh]

exactly

well a) the telly is v. spiffing...so happy go lucky can fuck right off.

b) this may well be a new feature, but it's not one i've seen advertised on any of the dozens of high end televisions i've been looking at, including plasma tv's.... and when i heard about it... i couldn't find any on the net that mention it either, so Nuff Said. as they say.

 

[iamtheone]

wolfeeh - me too, i also have never heard of a auto volume adjusting feature on tv, no matter how new or old, as i have also just bought a new tv and did a bit of research b4 i bouth my new one and not anywhere on any tv made by any manufacturer did i see of hear a feaute that auto adjusts the volume(my new one is a Toshiba, which dosnt do it)