playstation vs dvd
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Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
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Topic: playstation vs dvd
Posted By: ragnampizer
Subject: playstation vs dvd
Date Posted: January 29, 2004 at 9:50 PM
i am planning to install a ps2 instead of a dvd player in a 96 town and country , with a 8 inch power acoustik moniter. Can anyone tell me if this is a good idea with the ps2, i am trying to cut cost. thanks.
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Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: January 29, 2004 at 10:52 PM
all shall bow to the 'Station! ps2 dude, you can't go wrong ------------- Hot-Modder
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: January 30, 2004 at 8:54 AM
PS2. the only thing you the DVD can do that the ps2 cant is resume and for all that you can just skip to the scene that you were at when you got out of the car.
Posted By: beyondamfm
Date Posted: January 30, 2004 at 2:53 PM
If you are installing just one moniter stay with the ps2 because you get a dvd plus video games. if doing mutiple moniters I would suggest both. ------------- The Clear Bra Guy
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Posted By: ragnampizer
Date Posted: January 31, 2004 at 9:40 PM
thank you guys ------------- making it work
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 04, 2004 at 8:30 PM
NOOO... dont go with PS2 if you are going to be watching DVDs longer then like 1.5 hours. Mine overheats and yours will to. Go with a good quality DVD player ment to play DVDs.
Posted By: sbrock
Date Posted: February 04, 2004 at 11:02 PM
I think its the best way to go I have a ps2 in my truck and I have watched movies for 3-4 hours and never had a problem
Posted By: denalidiesel
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 12:03 AM
my only concern would be the rattle and bang on the everyday driving.... Are the ps2's up to it. They cost lots more then a standard dvd . Sounds cool though. Let us know how it holds up.
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Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 12:04 AM
customsuburb wrote:
NOOO... dont go with PS2 if you are going to be watching DVDs longer then like 1.5 hours. Mine overheats and yours will to. Go with a good quality DVD player ment to play DVDs.
i've got one thing to tell ya, FANS! ------------- Hot-Modder
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 1:11 PM
No mine overheated in my house when it wasnt in a cabinent or anything and was runninng of standard house-voltage. I think sony needs to put a better fan in their PS2 or find a better design so air circulates better.
Posted By: vekoma6382
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 5:09 PM
Use the PS2 for what it's meant to be used for. Games!! Get a seperate DVD player ------------- If it doesn't fit.......make it fit.
Posted By: ragnampizer
Date Posted: February 05, 2004 at 9:32 PM
guys thanks for all the good ideas, for all the guys that had their ps2 overheating, u just helped me alot, i am going to design a fan to cool it down, i just have to find some place to put it in a 96 town and country out of the way, i am in brooklyn ny and their are alot of crooks around, so my other project is to secure the damn thing, so the thieves wont get it out. More comments are welcome , thanks guys,
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Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 11:06 AM
Hmm. well you could put it under a seat or something. Then it would be pretty much hidden as long as it fits under the seat.
Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 11:15 AM
put it under the seat, i've run my ps2 in my house for days straight without any over heating problems ------------- Hot-Modder
Posted By: AudioBAHNvlcm
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 8:51 PM
Ive had my PS2 run for days, whenever i would be playing a game, and i didnt have a memory card. I just left it on, never any problems.
Posted By: jwshardbody
Date Posted: February 07, 2004 at 11:08 PM
ragnampizer wrote:
i am planning to install a ps2 instead of a dvd player in a 96 town and country , with a 8 inch power acoustik moniter. Can anyone tell me if this is a good idea with the ps2, i am trying to cut cost. thanks.
Go for it,..... the PS2 can even be turned into a fully functional computer running off a Linux OS, and in march the HDD comes out w/ FFXI loaded on the hard drive for $100, this game is usless to me, but it may be a way around buying the $200 Linux kit, and still be able to have games, DVDs, and MP3s stored on the harddrive..... Granted, the Sony HDD is only 40 gigs. but others have found out that a larger HDD can be used.......... Here are some sites to take a look at......... https://www.us.playstation.com/peripherals.aspx?id=SCPH-97047 https://jurai.free.fr/ps2hdd/hdd-setup.html https://www.techtv.com/xplay/features/story/0,24330,3516150,00.html......... nice fix for most Disk Read Errors....... https://www.asdffdsa.net/projects/ps2.htm.... unfortunatly I have the V1 PS2 so this mod. will not work for me,...... I am stuck w/ using an inverter for the time being,......... My goal is the have my PS2 as my only source unit w/ no external Media at all, video will feed to a Sony PS1 5in. TFT, LCD custom mounted in my dash (cheapest TFT LCD I could find, $60 on clearance @ Target), and the audio signal will feed into an Alpine ERA-G320 sound field processor, and then on to my amps...........
Posted By: ragnampizer
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 11:20 PM
im gonna have to find a place in or under the dash for this, as i am gonna install my amps under the seats. might have to cut something , or i am thinking to pull the ps2 apart to make it smaller, have to play hide and seek with the crooks from crooklyn, ha ha
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Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: February 09, 2004 at 2:03 AM
under passenger seat usually works best ------------- Hot-Modder
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