Best way to upgrade my PS2 DVD player?

Andy00 · Post by **Andy00** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:48 am

I just got the third .hack DVD, and I can't play it! It doesn't recognize the DVD! It's not the DVD, I tested it with a friends player.

I figure I have to upgrade the DVD Player in the PS2. I hear there's different ways to do that, what's the best?

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:00 pm

Upgrade? I'm not familiar with that... but I am familiar with this:
"Buy a new one" My old started doing that,and that made me fustrated,so in the end,I bought a new one. In my opinion,it would be best just to get a DVD alone,I mean,Some do cost lower then a 100 bucks.But thats just me,and it would be best when you play all those PS2 games on the system,and having the DVD being played :/

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:26 pm

Wait a month or so until the next generation of PS2 is released. These will have superior hardware, including a single processor (combining the 2 currently used), a built-in IR port for the remote, and best of all, a progressive-scan DVD player. It will also come with the network adapter I think.

Just wait till it comes out. The original PS2 is a piece of junk.

Robby-san · Post by **Robby-san** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:32 pm

When does it realese? I'v only read about it in Japan. Do you mean the PS2's new version or the PSX I read about in E3 reports?

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:34 pm

The new PS2. It comes out very soon. I don't mean the PSX (which has a retarded name, since the original Playstation was called the PSX).

Robby-san · Post by **Robby-san** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:40 pm

Oh ok.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:46 pm

Andy00 wrote:I just got the third .hack DVD, and I can't play it! It doesn't recognize the DVD! It's not the DVD, I tested it with a friends player.

I figure I have to upgrade the DVD Player in the PS2. I hear there's different ways to do that, what's the best?

If you're getting the "Disc Read Error" try cleaning the read lenses. My roomate was having trouble with Xenosaga with that, and cleaning the lenses did help.

Xeno · Post by **Xeno** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:19 pm

It could be that you just need the latest drivers....You can get them on a disk packaged with the Sony PS2 remote....which you can now buy for $14.99...try this before buying a whole new system.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:59 pm

Where did you find out you need an upgrade? O.o You'd wanna think a DVD player would be universal and that format of the DVD's would also be universal unless blocked by regional boundaries which we've already established can't be the problem since it worked on your friends player. oo;

Andy00 · Post by **Andy00** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:12 am

Rhyste, turn on the PS2 without any CD in it, push Triangle and it will tell you what version the DVD player is.

Mine is "1.20U"

Tsukasa · Post by **Tsukasa** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:26 am

Just so you guys know, if that PS2 you're talking about is the one with the harddrive built in, with the chrome case and everything?

That unit is going to retail in the neighborhood of $1000. I'm not sure if this is the same one you're thinking of, tho, Egg. n.n;;

Jerec · Post by **Jerec** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:49 pm

I think we've already established that what you're talking about is the PSX, Tsukasa.

Also, 'PSX' was never an official name for the first Playstation. I think that was just something that 3rd party accessories companies and fans created. It was simply Playstation, then PSOne.

But still, Sony should have recognized that the acronym was already being used.

Invisible Egg! · Post by **Invisible Egg!** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:42 pm

I mean the soon-to-be upgraded PS2. It looks vitually identical to the current PS2. That silver monstrosity is going to have to wait till my next tax return.

Rogue_Noir · Post by **Rogue_Noir** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:42 pm

Use the DVD player on your computer (or buy one if you don't have it.) They're only like $50 or less these days @ pricewatch.com

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