I have the Apex in question and I also have a PS2. Although I love the Apex for its quality and features, the PS2 is actually a better DVD player. My Apex plays all my DVD's just fine except it is kind of picky when I try to play rented DVD's. It usually skips and is just an all out pain, mostly because of the DVD being scratched or dirty. Since I've gotten the PS2 it has become my primary DVD player for the simple fact that it plays any DVD I throw at it flawlessly. It has many of the same features of the Apex minus the ability to play VCD and MP3. All the reason to still keep the Apex. Just thought I would throw out some of my first hand experience. It still does kind of bother me though when people assume that the PS2's DVD playback sucks. It may be a "toy" to some, but please don't bash it unless you have it or have tried it.
Also, from what I read, developers can also write directly to ram. Can the DC do that? I dunno what boost that would give to the PS2?(yes I got one) People compare these 2 consoles and say "Oh the DC is better and has better games..." but fail to mention that the DC has been out for a year. Was everyone expecting the PS2 to come out with a years worth of games at launch? Anyways, I would love to see a comparison dealing with a little more attention to detail about the two different technologies.
NetBSD boots on a DC, why not port Linux to the DC and make these "bootable" games work under Linux running on a DC? Linux games on a console platform, eliminates need to support different configurations of pc's.
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I have the Apex in question and I also have a PS2. Although I love the Apex for its quality and features, the PS2 is actually a better DVD player. My Apex plays all my DVD's just fine except it is kind of picky when I try to play rented DVD's. It usually skips and is just an all out pain, mostly because of the DVD being scratched or dirty. Since I've gotten the PS2 it has become my primary DVD player for the simple fact that it plays any DVD I throw at it flawlessly. It has many of the same features of the Apex minus the ability to play VCD and MP3. All the reason to still keep the Apex. Just thought I would throw out some of my first hand experience. It still does kind of bother me though when people assume that the PS2's DVD playback sucks. It may be a "toy" to some, but please don't bash it unless you have it or have tried it.
Also, from what I read, developers can also write directly to ram. Can the DC do that? I dunno what boost that would give to the PS2?(yes I got one) People compare these 2 consoles and say "Oh the DC is better and has better games..." but fail to mention that the DC has been out for a year. Was everyone expecting the PS2 to come out with a years worth of games at launch? Anyways, I would love to see a comparison dealing with a little more attention to detail about the two different technologies.
NetBSD boots on a DC, why not port Linux to the DC and make these "bootable" games work under Linux running on a DC? Linux games on a console platform, eliminates need to support different configurations of pc's.