Ebay II

[Mobius]

Argh, I'm tempted to buy that ps2. Mother refuses to ship mine over from Australia, claiming it'd be cheaper to buy a new one. (She's probably right) Mine isn't a slim one, nor is it modded. I only have 1 scart socket in the back of my telly and thats used for my freeview box thingy though. Does the slimline ps2 use a scart socket, or just an av cable?

 

[FozzySon]

Mobius, you should buy a SCART Block, they work great if you only have one scart socket on your TV. Quite cheap at Argos or any other place that sells them. I have the one in the link, got my freeview,PS2, DVD all hooked up to it.

 

[WPKenny]

I got a great Madcatz scart block from Asda. I think it was around a tenner but it's perfect for what I need.

All 4 plugs are fully wired i.e. All RGB compliant as opposed to some just doing composite. Plus if you get some AV equipment that has a funny scart signal it can mix in with other signals on an ordinary scart block. This one have manual switches for you to choose which input to use. Tis great.

 

[Bodhi]

Argh, I'm tempted to buy that ps2. Mother refuses to ship mine over from Australia, claiming it'd be cheaper to buy a new one. (She's probably right) Mine isn't a slim one, nor is it modded. I only have 1 scart socket in the back of my telly and thats used for my freeview box thingy though. Does the slimline ps2 use a scart socket, or just an av cable?

It uses SCART but you can take the SCART adapter off and just use the composite wires (the yellow one), which can be plugged into the front of 99% of TV's.

 

[Yaka]

would use a scart tbh, compsite is fucking shite

 

[tris-]

would use a scart tbh, compsite is fucking shite

ive used composite on my xbox since release. no issues from me. what exactly did you find bad about composite?

 

[Munkey]

3 This is the only one thats in very good condition tho

 

[Munkey]

Argh, I'm tempted to buy that ps2. Mother refuses to ship mine over from Australia, claiming it'd be cheaper to buy a new one. (She's probably right) Mine isn't a slim one, nor is it modded. I only have 1 scart socket in the back of my telly and thats used for my freeview box thingy though. Does the slimline ps2 use a scart socket, or just an av cable?

That ones an AV cable (video, left channel audio, right channel audio), none of my TVs have any of this fangled scart stuff

 

[Mobius]

Oh thats good. My telly has those slots on the front too. How does it differ from Scart, if at all?

I really shouldn't be spending my money, but the ps2 brings back alot of memories for me. Darn Teedles and his Final Fantasy thread.
I'm off to London till Saturday morning, so I'll see if anyone has bidded by then.

 

[Munkey]

Oh thats good. My telly has those slots on the front too. How does it differ from Scart, if at all?

I really shouldn't be spending my money, but the ps2 brings back alot of memories for me. Darn Teedles and his Final Fantasy thread.
I'm off to London till Saturday morning, so I'll see if anyone has bidded by then.

Tbh, I think you only need scart if you have a decent TV. I've used AV my whole life and its been fine, no problems. And any bids are welcome Need the money

 

[Ch3tan]

ive used composite on my xbox since release. no issues from me. what exactly did you find bad about composite?

Composite is only one step up from a RF connection, if you get s-video, RGB scart or the ultimate component, you will notice sharper pictures and better colour. And this is a difference that you can actually notice unless you have a shit heap 14" tv.

 

[Bodhi]

would use a scart tbh, compsite is fucking shite

The scart lead you get with a PS2 is just a composite o cable with a scart adaptor on the end like I said. If anything, the scart adaptor makes the picture worse. It's more than acceptable on a 26" SDTV anyway.

 

[tris-]

Composite is only one step up from a RF connection, if you get s-video, RGB scart or the ultimate component, you will notice sharper pictures and better colour. And this is a difference that you can actually notice unless you have a shit heap 14" tv.

sadly i dont have a shit heap tv. did you ever think that unless i connected it some other way then i wouldnt notice it? considering thats all ive ever looked at im going to assume thats the norm

 

[Ch3tan]

I never said you did tris, I was simply pointing out the benefits of the different connections. Go smoke a joint or something, you dont usually take posts the wrong way.

 

[tris-]

sorry babe

 

[WPKenny]

The scart lead you get with a PS2 is just a composite o cable with a scart adaptor on the end like I said. If anything, the scart adaptor makes the picture worse. It's more than acceptable on a 26" SDTV anyway.

That scart adapter unfortunately doesn't split the composite signal into an RGB format. It still carries it to the telly in a composite form.

A good way to tell the difference on a PS2 is if you have a scart lead that has a DVD/GAME switch on the scart lead. In order to get rid of the odd green screen effect on the PS2 when watching DVD's it must be played in composite mode. Switch between the two modes and assuming you have it plugged into an RGB socket on the telly you'll notice a hell of a difference.

 

[Yaka]

Composite is only one step up from a RF connection, if you get s-video, RGB scart or the ultimate component, you will notice sharper pictures and better colour. And this is a difference that you can actually notice unless you have a shit heap 14" tv.

i first got an plasma few years back, composite was way shit, rgb scart was better but component was da bomb! panzer dragoon orta, jsrf pgr2 all looked better, same with ps2 shadows of the colossus, killer 7 & god of war looks very bad until you play it at 480p over component.

for regular old sk00l crt tvs i bet youd see an improve ment over composite when using svhs or rgb scart

 

[Yaka]

are there any other types of online payment systems people can use with ebay?

i have preety much had it with paypal, my accounts been moved from hold status to limited, this can only be removed according to paypal support if i provide .


orignal purchase recipt for the plasma tv i ebayed last month.
proof of delivery ( i listed the item as "pick up only" and buyer picked it up)

orignal purcashe recipt of farscape dvd sets i ebayed,
delivery recipt for the dvds.

idont have any of these, i sent the dvds last month or so, chucked the recipt from the post office.

as for keeping a recipt for tv thats 15 months old sounds daft to me same with the dvd set i got from hmv a few years ago. mre to the fact why the fuck do they need this proof?

and paypal call center is in india fuck lot of help that is

 

[Munkey]

Cheques and postal orders

 

[Jupitus]

and paypal call center is in india fuck lot of help that is

Insist on going up the chain of command.. you'll either get to talk to a God of some kind, or an English speaking supervisor, I would expect.

 

[GimmlyTheDorf]

If you just ring a few more times will get an English person, last time I spoke to some Indian women or what ever she was I was on the phone for 20 mins of her talking shit you couldn't even understand. So I rang back and got some English guy that basically resolved the issue in 5 mins.

 

[Yaka]

Insist on going up the chain of command.. you'll either get to talk to a God of some kind, or an English speaking supervisor, I would expect.

i did ask to speak to a superviosor but the woman kept repeating in a calm tone " sir but what is the problem" in the end i gave in.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Aye, i've had trouble with paypal in the past, I forgot (much through my on idiocy) my password for me paypal account, Hadn't used it in, ever, and just forgot. THey wanted me to fax a pay statement and picture ID to bumfuck USA, Like bollocks I was about to do that, besides, I could send any old shit to them, how are they supposed to know what UK pay statements look like or what I look like for that matter.


It's all crap. bleh.

 

[Yaka]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110039305282

my lappy on ebay again if anyone is intrested , cant use paypal still which is such a bane:/

 

[Yaka]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110039322459

spiderman comics

 

[GimmlyTheDorf]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110039322459

spiderman comics

Nice collection you have there.

 

[Yaka]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110039329395

16ch cctv multi plexer

 

[Yaka]

Nice collection you have there.

had more i guess siomeone chucked most of em out:/

 

['Shy]

are there any other types of online payment systems people can use with ebay?

Don't Ebay own Paypal, or vice versa? There's an online payment company called Nochex I used to use years ago but dunno how popular or flexible they are.

 

[Yaka]

meh so many peeps asking about paying via paypal as well:/