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PS2 Getting DVD Upgrade & Progressive Video?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insert-lust-here dept.

blues5150 writes "ZDNET is reporting that Sony is going to be upgrading the PlayStation 2. According to the article "The new design will support most recordable DVD media, including DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. The new PS2 will also support "progressive scan", a playback method used by some TV sets for clearer images, and it will come with a built-in infrared receiver for using a remote control to control DVD playback." The bad part of all of this is that they don't have dates for availability in North America or Europe."

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  1. Re:Upgrade by WD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also I hope Sony are going to make this a PS2 - Special Edition, i.e. upgrade the CPU/graphics as well and as such they give it the ability to play new special games that won't work on the original PS2.

    Yeah... It's going to be called "PS3"

  2. Re:You Buy A Machine... by nbvb · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you bought your wife a PS/2 for Christmas this year, I'd bet you're STILL sleeping on the couch.

    Seriously. Even the most
    advanced PS/2 Models only had a Pentium-60 chip.

    Next time, don't be such a cheapskate. At least get one of those Lintendo systems from Walmart....

    ~NBVB