I would be rather suprised if Sony came up with a great portable at the start. Nintendo has a long standing reputation with handhelds and many years of expertise.
Oddly enough, this is EXACTLY what I, and many others, said when the playstation concept was publicized. Hmmm, think about that.
Ive had two different PS2s. I bought one about 2 years ago, used it for a couple months, then sold it when I was strapped for cash. In that time, I never had a problem playing any games, or watching any movies.
Ive had another one for about 9 months or so. I have the sony dvd remote (dont use the updated drivers, because my model already has them built in. Most of the newer ones do, if you RTFM and check), and this is the primary DVD player of the house. I use the optical output for audio, the svideo for video, and everything sounds and looks great. There is a HUGE difference in the looks of several games (maybe movies too, havent checked) when switching from the RCA video out, to svideo.
Anyway, in this time, Ive ran hundreds of dvds through it, and never had a problem playing a single movie. In fact, my dad has 3 different dvd players, 2 cheapies, and a 350$ (at the time) JVC that wont play near all of his dvd's. None of them. He brings them to my house, because my ps2 plays them all. I dont see what everyone is whining about personally.
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I would be rather suprised if Sony came up with a great portable at the start. Nintendo has a long standing reputation with handhelds and many years of expertise.
Oddly enough, this is EXACTLY what I, and many others, said when the playstation concept was publicized. Hmmm, think about that.
Ive had two different PS2s. I bought one about 2 years ago, used it for a couple months, then sold it when I was strapped for cash. In that time, I never had a problem playing any games, or watching any movies.
Ive had another one for about 9 months or so. I have the sony dvd remote (dont use the updated drivers, because my model already has them built in. Most of the newer ones do, if you RTFM and check), and this is the primary DVD player of the house. I use the optical output for audio, the svideo for video, and everything sounds and looks great. There is a HUGE difference in the looks of several games (maybe movies too, havent checked) when switching from the RCA video out, to svideo.
Anyway, in this time, Ive ran hundreds of dvds through it, and never had a problem playing a single movie. In fact, my dad has 3 different dvd players, 2 cheapies, and a 350$ (at the time) JVC that wont play near all of his dvd's. None of them. He brings them to my house, because my ps2 plays them all. I dont see what everyone is whining about personally.