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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robaustin" data-source="post: 463140" data-attributes="member: 2703">Just want to dispel some myths about the PS2 presented here:"One word of warning. While i would suggest either the Xbox or PS2, be warned, the PS2 has a tendancy to lost it's ability to play certain discs. Mine won't play most silver discs, however it seems random as to which types of discs it will lose the ability to play."This seems to be a rare random occurrence - propapgated further only by the fact that those wo have problems tend to be much more vocal thenthose who are NOT having trouble.  Remember that there are over 4 million PS2's out there.  If even 1% were having that issue - that's 40,000 PS2's having problems.  This just isn't so.  I'd put the problems at < one quarter percent at most."Well, it doesn't play DVD's all that WELL... Search for "PS2 DVD Compatiblity list" or something on dogpile... there is a list of DVDs that just plain don't work with the PS2, for reasons unknown. "This list has been debunked many times over by folks who have PS2's and say that they can play ALL of these discs fine. including myself.  Again - those that have trouble are more vocal about it.  As for it not playing DVD's all that well - tell that to my 5/1 surround system and my TV set with S-video.  It's my main home theater DVD player and works like charm. Picked up the sony DVD remote for it - fired up my Sony universal remote and I didn't even have to program the remote to do anything.  It knew how to use the PS2 right off the bat.  Only thing it can't do is turn it on and off.Point is - don't listen to everything bad you hear n the internet - most of it is NOT true or is true of an extremely small percentage of PS2's.  Every company has a defect rate and honestly from what I have seen the defect rate on the PS2 is very low.Someone asked about RPG's - I tend towards the action based RPG's - Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance was great fun, I'm playing Kingdom Hearts right now.  FFX is supposed to be good.  Summoner I thought was atrocious BUT I hear Summoner 2 is great.   I'm also totally hooked on Super Bust-A-Move and I love to play pool and Pool Hustler is oodles of fun.  I also liked SSX, and I have Spider Man but my eye hand coordination ain't the greatest so I sometimes have trouble with it.--*Rob</blockquote>

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