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"DVD trouble ?"

Hi all,

Well , got the PS2 and I have to say - WOW. Never has £300 been so well spent. How that little box can do all this is a mystery to me..

However - I have one little 'problem'.
Borrowed 'Lock Stock' from a friend on DVD and after watching for around 30 seconds noticed the sound had got out of sync with the picture (by about .5 seconds). I assumed it was a problem with the disc.
Paused it, went to get a coffee, came back and unpaused it , and it was all back in sync again. Weird or what ?

So question is , has anyone else noticed this, my friend claims the DVD is fine on his player.

PS - SSX absolutely rocks ! Go and buy it NOW. Right NOW.

I've tried a few sites but all of them say they cannot ship the Monster cable to addresses outside the US. I've emailed a Monster supplier in this country but as yet I've had no response.

I'll post further info if I get any.

don't know, Chilled, I had the same problem with my local EB......and the Sony Centre couldn't help either!

But I'm trying to get a Monster Cables Gamelink 300 shipped from the US.

This cable is a ps2 S-video cable with gold connectors and decent oxygen-free wire, etc....oh, and it's ten feet long so I can position my little black box anywhere I like.....


Can anyone help on this one? how do I get this cable into the UK??

Maybe we should organise a Bulk order for those of us who aren't happy with Composite.......

Just wondering. I have looked inside loads of Shops, including the big ones like Virgin Megastores, EB and Game, but neither of these have the S-Video Cable. I just wondered if there is any shops, or anywhere Online that I could purchase this cable???

I noticed this lip-synch problem with 'lock stock' on my pc dvd player, It could be the software dvd decoding, but more likely the disc.

I can see why there is a fuss.
If you run your dedicated scart connection from a playstation the output is noticeably better.

It's no great hardship, just means I have to (temporarily until I get a PS2 one) change the leads according to whether I am DVDing or playing.
Try it. You will not think your composite output is 'fine' for long....

I was more concerned about the out-of-sync DVD sound as per the original message. Just curious if anyone else had this.

Daily Radar has a story on the green DVD phenomenon. Type this into your address line:

http://www.dailyradar.co.uk/news/game_news_1376.html

I personally dont see what all the fuss is about. I think that the games and DVD's look fine through the Composite Scart connection.

Fantavision has frozen on me about 3 times now. Always withing the first few seconds of a game.

Rebooting is the only solution. I think we have a bug....

I guess I've got used to the superior quality of my PS1 RGB cable, particularly as I'm playing on a 28" widescreen tv; it tends to show up any interference; using the supplied cable, text in particular is a bit fuzzy. the rgb cable is absolutely crystal clear. But I think one of my SCART sockets is S-Video compatible so I'll have to try that out when Sony can be arsed to release the S-video cable.

I wonder if anyone knows a solution to this. I hired the game: Fantavision. I played the first time, and it got stuck on the 3rd level. The second time I got good, and at the end of the 6th level it just froze! Does anyone know why this happened, or if there is a solution to this!?

Lip-synch is a common problem even with some dedicated DVD players, particularly cheaper models. Also, I *think* there was a problem with a batch of Lock Stock discs - I seem to recall reading about it in a DVD mag some time ago.