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"Please put my mind to rest...."

okay i was just at amazon.co.uk and ordered 2 games for the ps2 (merely cos it was cheaper)...
and then i decided to look at some reader reviews of the ps2 console...
and quite a few (some who had given it 4 out of 5 even) were talking about how the dvd playback was really bad and like other problems with the dvd....
is this true....
also are there any problems i should know about with the dvd side of the ps2...cos i was actually intending it not only to be my gaming machine (along with my dc) but also my dvd player....

NOOO....you must have nabbed the last copy!!
anyway my gt3 and dvd region x arrived....but lol i have no ps2 to play it on...

I ordered on friday, but i used the phone and they said it would be dispached then.

WHAT!!!
i ordered onimusha along with my ps2 on sunday and it is in low stock...and they said it would probably take a week for it to be delivered!!

when did you order it iss pro

Hard look mate, hey onimusha comes to my door tommorow....oh....sorry. :)

i guess i will just have to carry on reading some of the ps2 mags i bought....and suffer in agony

NOO....
i've just found out that sr acidentally didn't update their stock info for the firepack.....
so now it's on backorder....
so i'll have gt3, region x, tekken tag, zone of the enders soon but with no ps2 to play it on :(
YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME SR!!

<ÖÖ> wrote:
The instructions are very unclear to change the ratio and
> you actually have to STOP the dvd to change it,

You just go to the screen setup options, and it allows you to change it no problem. Then you just press play again, and it returns you to the exact spot. Not a problem.

The Lip sync issue is with a couple of
> badly encoded discs where the sound doesn't match the picture but as
> i said is only with a few discs and you can help it with the console
> diagnosis.

You can also pause it temporarily, and that sorts it out too.

Another thing I've noticed while watching the castaway
> DVD is that very dark scenes you can notice some small squares which
> i'm still trying to understand why.

That could be just a bad disc. I had that happen on one, and then changed it. Also, one of my PSM2 demo DVDs had it happen, and still does (the one with the GT3 intro on it)

I'm sure you'll get your PS2 asap, least you don't have to fill in a preorder form and wait, wait then wait some more for your confirmation letter.

I REALLY HOPE SR HAVE SENT OUT MY PS2 TODAY!!!
i'm dying over here!!!

Or†ega wrote:
> Its only the launch PS2s that had problems with the DVD. I got mine
> a month ago and it is fine.


I got mine at launch and the playback's perfecto.