PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD

Zaryl · November 4th, 2003

I was wondering, will the PS2 laser will wear out at a faster rate if we watch DvD movies ? I understand that playing DvD movies requires the PS2 laser to operate at all times while if we play DvD game, sometime it will operate, sometimes not ( operates during CG movies, cutscenes etc.)

Can someone confirm this? Thanks!

**Dark Watcher** · November 4th, 2003

Zaryl,

We cannot confirm for sure...there is always the possibility of faulty parts. However from an owners standpoint...we can say this

We purchased our PS2 in 2001....it has since then been the center for our multimedia habits....both gaming and movie DVD watching...
Even after purchasing an actual DVD player...we and our wife continue to use the PS2 as a DVD player (the bedroom)...Our PS2 is going on around 3 years old...never had a problem, and it's still going strong...

Perhaps we are lucky enough to have had a unit with decent parts....but it has done well with DVD...Kinda makes sense since it was designed to play them....Newer models should be built even better...Hope this helps

DeathSight · November 4th, 2003

well i really dont know. its different for everone for some reason. my friend had to get his repared for useing a DVD on it, but it has been working fine for me for years. i really dont know why. lol hope i helped alittle.

**Yeloazndevil** · November 4th, 2003

never had any problem playing a dvd movie in my ps2. still works fine after 2 years

DeathSight · November 4th, 2003

same here.

**Kane** · November 4th, 2003

I bought my PS2 on it's European release. I used it for DVD playback from the start. It's still working fine.

Wang · November 6th, 2003

crap man

i bought my ps2 2 months ago

its dying cuz i play TOO much dvds on it

STUPID MADE IN CHINA CRAP

**Razor Blade** · November 6th, 2003

Well I got my PS2 a couple years back and no problems here. Its in my room and before I got my dvd player for my birthday it's all I would watch movies on. Uh how is your PS2 dying Wang?

Also there have not been any public cases of this happening. I mean I have had this one DVD player for like about 4 years now and I had NO problems with it. And all it does is play movies. And my family watches alot of em. I don't think this is a problem at all.

Gamer1 · November 6th, 2003

my laser died a while back and i'm still mad at sony because of it. made me pay $60 bucks just to get it repaired...

*people here last summer would know my greivances

barely touched it also, i guess i just had a bad ps2, same thing happened to my friend, laser crapped out. he just got a brand new ps2 while i had mine repaired.

*i am not gonna give sony the satisfaction of getting another sale of a ps2 because of their crappy hardware.

*my friend and i had the 1st generation of ps2 btw.

**hushypushy** · November 6th, 2003

a friend of mine got the original US NTSC PS2 (umm scph10001 i believe?)...and last year it crapped out, it gets read errors with PS2 games A LOT.........

.....but the DVD playback is still going strong!!!!

**Razor Blade** · November 6th, 2003

You guys. It isnt the laser. The first generation PS2's are fine with the laser. It is the gear. On X-Play they showed how to fix it also. The new ones have a different gear.

The problem is with the 1st gens is that the gear would get off set and then some games and DVD's wouldnt load up. Sometimes they would. I hope you all know now.

Tada! Heres the link: http://www.techtv.com/xplay/features...516150,00.html

Chinoz · November 6th, 2003

So that was what they were showing about.
I switched the TV on 3 minutes before XPlay was gonna end and saw them with a nude ps2. Thought to myself, "What the heck..."

Kougear · November 9th, 2003

I had a scph10001 and then it stopped reading disks so I just traded it in for a new one at EB, was same price as sending it back to Sony. But I think that most problems with the ps2 breaking is because of cheap parts. I had a dvd get stuck in my ps2, and when i tried to pull open the drive to get it out the front panel of the drive snapped right off, when I was barely pulling on it. So now I'm stuck with it. It still works, just has no front. Maybe Sony will learn not to use such cheap parts on the PS3 so they don't have to do so many repairs.

**GiGaHeRz** · November 12th, 2003

Repairs give money.
Sony wants money.
Crap parts broke easily.
Broken parts must be repaired.

Conclusion: Sony doesn't care about crap.

**Dark Watcher** · November 12th, 2003

Watched a few movies this weekend...sucker even read a DVD-R...cool

**Razor Blade** · November 12th, 2003

Which version you have Dark Watcher?

Valcrist · November 12th, 2003

probably a scph 5001 they are suppossed to read dvd-r and rw

**Dark Watcher** · November 12th, 2003

Actually we have the first release...However we are using the updated drivers that came with the remote. Odd...perhaps it is a quirk?

**hushypushy** · November 13th, 2003

nope. it's not a quirk. a friend of mine has a >relatively< old PS2 (not scph10001....ill have to test that out on my OTHER friend's PS2)...

BUT on that PS2 a DVD+R did work. IIRC PS2s have supported DVD+/- R since near the beginning, if not the very beginning of the US release.

November 4th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Zaryl Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Malaysia Posts: 52	PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD I was wondering, will the PS2 laser will wear out at a faster rate if we watch DvD movies ? I understand that playing DvD movies requires the PS2 laser to operate at all times while if we play DvD game, sometime it will operate, sometimes not ( operates during CG movies, cutscenes etc.) Can someone confirm this? Thanks! __________________

November 4th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,896	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Zaryl, We cannot confirm for sure...there is always the possibility of faulty parts. However from an owners standpoint...we can say this We purchased our PS2 in 2001....it has since then been the center for our multimedia habits....both gaming and movie DVD watching... Even after purchasing an actual DVD player...we and our wife continue to use the PS2 as a DVD player (the bedroom)...Our PS2 is going on around 3 years old...never had a problem, and it's still going strong... Perhaps we are lucky enough to have had a unit with decent parts....but it has done well with DVD...Kinda makes sense since it was designed to play them....Newer models should be built even better...Hope this helps __________________

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DeathSight Dragon Master Mike Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cleveland, OHIO Posts: 222	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD well i really dont know. its different for everone for some reason. my friend had to get his repared for useing a DVD on it, but it has been working fine for me for years. i really dont know why. lol hope i helped alittle. __________________

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Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,140	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD never had any problem playing a dvd movie in my ps2. still works fine after 2 years

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DeathSight Dragon Master Mike Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cleveland, OHIO Posts: 222	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD same here. __________________

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD I bought my PS2 on it's European release. I used it for DVD playback from the start. It's still working fine. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

November 6th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Wang Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 31	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD crap man i bought my ps2 2 months ago its dying cuz i play TOO much dvds on it STUPID MADE IN CHINA CRAP

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Well I got my PS2 a couple years back and no problems here. Its in my room and before I got my dvd player for my birthday it's all I would watch movies on. Uh how is your PS2 dying Wang? Also there have not been any public cases of this happening. I mean I have had this one DVD player for like about 4 years now and I had NO problems with it. And all it does is play movies. And my family watches alot of em. I don't think this is a problem at all. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD my laser died a while back and i'm still mad at sony because of it. made me pay $60 bucks just to get it repaired... people here last summer would know my greivances barely touched it also, i guess i just had a bad ps2, same thing happened to my friend, laser crapped out. he just got a brand new ps2 while i had mine repaired. i am not gonna give sony the satisfaction of getting another sale of a ps2 because of their crappy hardware. my friend and i had the 1st generation of ps2 btw. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED* @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD a friend of mine got the original US NTSC PS2 (umm scph10001 i believe?)...and last year it crapped out, it gets read errors with PS2 games A LOT......... .....but the DVD playback is still going strong!!!! __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD You guys. It isnt the laser. The first generation PS2's are fine with the laser. It is the gear. On X-Play they showed how to fix it also. The new ones have a different gear. The problem is with the 1st gens is that the gear would get off set and then some games and DVD's wouldnt load up. Sometimes they would. I hope you all know now. Tada! Heres the link: http://www.techtv.com/xplay/features...516150,00.html __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,301	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD So that was what they were showing about. I switched the TV on 3 minutes before XPlay was gonna end and saw them with a nude ps2. Thought to myself, "What the heck..." __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

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Kougear Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tenesee Posts: 225	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD I had a scph10001 and then it stopped reading disks so I just traded it in for a new one at EB, was same price as sending it back to Sony. But I think that most problems with the ps2 breaking is because of cheap parts. I had a dvd get stuck in my ps2, and when i tried to pull open the drive to get it out the front panel of the drive snapped right off, when I was barely pulling on it. So now I'm stuck with it. It still works, just has no front. Maybe Sony will learn not to use such cheap parts on the PS3 so they don't have to do so many repairs.

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GiGaHeRz B( o Y o )BS? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 875	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Repairs give money. Sony wants money. Crap parts broke easily. Broken parts must be repaired. Conclusion: Sony doesn't care about crap. __________________ "There's only one absolute truth in our world: shït happens." - Gigaherz (whoever decided "s-h-i-t" is a obscene word needs to grow up a few years) The Book and other stories: Tears of Fantasy - An Online Book... by ME! MetaLife, Inc. (intro) SubGaea (intro) Crow Blade (intro for now) Memories - Prayer from the fallen hearts. My weblog... not like if there was too much to read on it tho. For anyone interested, there's a mirc script which converts "/me 's" into " * nickname's whatever" and adds a nice "/my" command.

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Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,896	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Watched a few movies this weekend...sucker even read a DVD-R...cool __________________

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,024	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Which version you have Dark Watcher? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD probably a scph 5001 they are suppossed to read dvd-r and rw __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,896	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD Actually we have the first release...However we are using the updated drivers that came with the remote. Odd...perhaps it is a quirk? __________________

November 13th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: PS2 durability-ness when watching DVD nope. it's not a quirk. a friend of mine has a >relatively< old PS2 (not scph10001....ill have to test that out on my OTHER friend's PS2)... BUT on that PS2 a DVD+R did work. IIRC PS2s have supported DVD+/- R since near the beginning, if not the very beginning of the US release. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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