My Playstation 2 seems to have trouble with dual layer DVDs...
It seems that my Playstation 2 has trouble with DVDs that are dual layers. This has been going on for some time now, but I just got around to posting about it after it screwed up last night watching Star Wars Episode II. Basically, right around the middle of a movie when the player should be switching layers the image starts stuttering, and eventually I get a disc read error. Usually about 1-3 chapters are affected total.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so did you figure out how to correct it? I'm thinking maybe updating the DVD drivers would clear it up, but I don't want to drop $20 on a remote that I really don't need that much. Any help is much appreciated.
Re: My Playstation 2 seems to have trouble with dual layer DVDs...
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Originally posted by piku
It seems that my Playstation 2 has trouble with DVDs that are dual layers. This has been going on for some time now, but I just got around to posting about it after it screwed up last night watching Star Wars Episode II. Basically, right around the middle of a movie when the player should be switching layers the image starts stuttering, and eventually I get a disc read error. Usually about 1-3 chapters are affected total.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so did you figure out how to correct it? I'm thinking maybe updating the DVD drivers would clear it up, but I don't want to drop $20 on a remote that I really don't need that much. Any help is much appreciated.
I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but it must be your system. I've watched Ep2 dozens of times and I haven't encountered any errors.
...and exactly how would you go about updating the DVD drivers?
Andy, how hard was it to simply post the URL than an image?
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Originally posted by bahn
I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but it must be your system. I've watched Ep2 dozens of times and I haven't encountered any errors.
Booo! Party pooper!
:) Actually, in a thread at a different forum there was discussion about the different versions of Playstation 2s and their lasers. Apparently newer Playstation 2 consoles have vastly superior lasers than the older ones, though I cant vouch for the reliability of what they said.
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...and exactly how would you go about updating the DVD drivers?
I thought the remote came with a drivers disc?
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Originally posted by piku
I thought the remote came with a drivers disc?
It does. but it does not fix all the problems.
Since I am a DVD psycho I bought a stand alone player after about three months of dealing with the PS2's shitty DVD playback.
Disc read errors are a bitch. Either buy a stand alone player or be prepared for a lot of misery.
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Andy, how hard was it to simply post the URL than an image?
Excuse me, Mr. Administrator, I apologize. I thought a 10K image describing the destination of the link, coupled WITH the link.......would allow piku to better understand the nature of the link.