Do consoles suck as DVD players?

**Brisco Bold** · 29 Jan 2003, 01:17 AM

I actually like watching DVDs on my Xbox. Looks nice...

**ginaman** · 29 Jan 2003, 01:19 AM

Consoles may suck, but the alternative gaming platform, pcs, kick ass for DVD playback and tv output.

**Regus** · 29 Jan 2003, 01:23 AM

I enjoy watching DVDs on my PS2, when it actually decides to play the damn movie and not have a disc read error, which happens a lot more than I would like.

**NeoZeedeater** · 29 Jan 2003, 01:47 AM

My PS2 plays DVDs fine except for an annoying humming sound it makes. It's a first generation PS2 machine. I'm debating whether to get the remote for my Xbox. Is the quality that much better?

And Amelie is a great movie.

**Baron** · 29 Jan 2003, 01:59 AM

Having a phobia of people sucks.

**Pepsiman** · 29 Jan 2003, 02:02 AM

I'm not sure about quality but I do know that my buddy Celeryface can't get his Evil Dead DVD to work on his Xbox

**Appleicious** · 29 Jan 2003, 02:09 AM

Just to put in my $0.02:

I'm an avid user of netflix.com and I only have my Xbox as a DVD player. It plays them rather well most of the time.

There are times when some DVDs just don't work. And by not working, I mean they stutter and pause for long periods of time and they pixelate to hell and back. I can hear the laser head zipping back and forth trying to find it's place.

Amelie played fine for me, but one that I particularly remember not working was Kiss Of The Dragon (the new one with Jet Li).

I'd say 95% of DVDs have worked fine, but there are a few that just won't work.