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Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Stupid Mop on June 15, 2001, 02:26:42 AM
The ps2 is going multizone without having to chip your PS2!!! Yay!!  

There is probably already something else out there but I dont know about it.

http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/news/0,2160,2089061,00.html
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: StAnZo on June 15, 2001, 03:36:59 AM
Thanks for the cool info. this should be out in the UK within 2 weeks. £19.99 is a fair price :D

Now, do i mod my PS2 for full RGB DVD playback.. Mmmm
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: dawid22 on June 15, 2001, 04:10:40 AM
This is the kind of technology that I have been waiting for on te PS2!!
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Coredweller on June 15, 2001, 07:46:54 AM
The only problem is the PS2 is still a lousy DVD player.

It says UK residents still need an NTSC tv to view North American and Japanese DVDs.  Does that mean that a North American PS2 needs a PAL TV to view DVDs from Europe?
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: unknown on June 15, 2001, 07:58:31 AM
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Originally posted by Coredweller
The only problem is the PS2 is still a lousy DVD player.

It says UK residents still need an NTSC tv to view North American and Japanese DVDs.  Does that mean that a North American PS2 needs a PAL TV to view DVDs from Europe?


the PS2 doesn;t have a lousey dvd player, infatc its a damn good dvd player.
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: STROKE on June 15, 2001, 09:00:10 AM
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Originally posted by unknown


the PS2 doesn;t have a lousey dvd player, infatc its a damn good dvd player.


I can\'t agree: The PS2 is loud, it has less features than "normal" DVD players, the sound quality is poor, the europe PS2 doesn\'t work with RGB without modification, there\'s no remote control in the box (and no Sony remote control in the shops)

But the DVD feature is nice, that\'s right.
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Sublimesjg on June 15, 2001, 09:12:23 AM
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Originally posted by STROKE


I can\'t agree: The PS2 is loud, it has less features than "normal" DVD players, the sound quality is poor, the europe PS2 doesn\'t work with RGB without modification, there\'s no remote control in the box (and no Sony remote control in the shops)

But the DVD feature is nice, that\'s right.


well some of that will be taken care of with the update that will come with sony remote i believe

well either way this is cool news
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: nO-One on June 15, 2001, 09:14:35 AM
This is great news for me,and this is a must buy for me.
My brother has over a 100 DVD\'s and about 99,5% of them is region.1,with this I can finally borrow some of them :)
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: STROKE on June 15, 2001, 09:19:26 AM
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Originally posted by nO-One
This is great news for me,and this is a must buy for me.
My brother has over a 100 DVD\'s and about 99,5% of them is region.1,with this I can finally borrow some of them :)

So 1/2 DVD of your brother is not region 1? ;)
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Lavan on June 15, 2001, 09:34:49 AM
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Originally posted by STROKE

So 1/2 DVD of your brother is not region 1? ;)


Not necessarily, he said his brother has over 100 DVDs, so maybe he has 200, and therefore 1 DVD is not region 1.

:D
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: nO-One on June 15, 2001, 09:44:19 AM
Let\'s just say he has alot of region.1 movies and not so many region.2 movies :p
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: kopking on June 15, 2001, 01:05:44 PM
dont worry about not being able to watch ntsc dvd/games on a old tv screen, ive got a video player that plays ntsc films and it shows up perfect on a tv thats about 10 years old. when you get more info/review of this can you do a thread about it, as im very intrested in it
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: on June 15, 2001, 01:21:06 PM
hmm.. what if your PS2 breaks and u send it in to SONY, and they see the updated drivers...

Goodbye warranty!
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Clyde on June 15, 2001, 03:09:31 PM
did that silly human say the sound quality is poor?

good grief
:(
Title: PS2 multi region
Post by: Coredweller on June 15, 2001, 08:32:23 PM
The sound quality is absolutely the most noticable shortcoming of the PS2 DVD player.  I presently have a very cheap interlaced Toshiba DVD player and it\'s audio output is clearly much better than the PS2.  When the difference is recognizable to human ears and not just test equipment, you know you have a problem.  The video quality of the PS2 is also poor, which is detailed in on this page: http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_1/dvd-benchmark-sony-ps2-dvd-player-3-2001.html

This doesn\'t bother me, I\'m getting the new Sony progressive player, the DVP-NS700P soon.