I have $200-250 to spend on a DVD player for a friend, and I am interested in the possibility of getting a Playstation 2 instead of a standalone DVD player.I don't know much about DVD players, and ...

Google (much less the ars search, which won't search any three letter words) completely failed me on this. <BR><BR>I have an original PS2. I just bought a DVD burned on DVD-R (not a game, this is ...

The PlayStation 2 was the first game console I ever bought. Heck, it was the first big ticket item I ever bought, period. That was a big deal at a time when I was only making $135 a week, and most ...

A software engineer has discovered that you can 'hack' the PlayStation 2 to play homebrew games by feeding it specially crafted DVDs.

The only burnable media the PS2 DVD drive will normally read comes in the form of DVD video discs. Thus, [CTurt]’s search began in the code of the on-board DVD player software.

Anyone who grew up during the early 2000s will tell you that the PlayStation 2 was a big deal. Sony's second gaming console managed to sell over 160 million units worldwide since its original release, ...

The PlayStation 2 is one of the best games consoles of all time. It sold incredibly well thanks to its affordable price and bundled DVD player, and it is often regarded as one of the last bastions ...

There may be a lot of talk about the power of the PlayStation 2, but as with any game system, it's designed to entertain you while you play games. It can also read DVDs so that you can go beyond ...

Back when the PlayStation 2 was released in the US, a lot of people groaned that they had to use the system's controller in order to manipulate the DVD functions of the machine. Sure, it was ...

Almost everyone owned a PS2 - it's the console that was played DVDs, and was cheaper than a DVD player at launch. That's an irresistible bargain and helped the console become one of the best ...

Meet the Panasonic Q -- a hybrid machine that combines a Nintendo GameCube and Panasonic DVD player into one. It's a package that competes with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in form, but its retail ...