[Help] Help: Playstation 2 in HD

Originally Posted by JasonTerminator

Older gen PS2's can't deinterlace DVDs, but newer ones can. I forgot the model number where they introduced the functionality. I wouldn't recommend getting just any DVD player with progressive scan functionality. At least get a GOOD one, like the Oppo DV971H or the DV-970HD.

I second this recommendation, but with an important note: The Oppo's excellent deinterlacing/upscaling comes into play only via DVI, not to mention reports that component is limited to 480i (while the former output goes from 480p to 1080i).

IMO, there are only 2 issues with the player and that's the flimsy tray and the possibility of increased macroblocking due to the Faroudja scaler/deinterlacer present.

Other than that, it's a steal at $200 @ Amazon, outperforming far more expensive equipment like Momitsu or Denon players. No need to buy an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player either, another great way to show the industry to shove their format war where the sun don't shine.

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Anyway, if your TV is indeed an LCD, you definitely want component cables or better for everything. Skills pretty much listed every benefit already, but be sure to enable progressive scan in every game possible (Some don't have it in the menu options, so you must hold triangle and X when starting the game to access the progressive scan controls.)

Some games benefit quite a bit from this, others... well, they end up looking like someone smeared a decent coat of vaseline over the displayed image.

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As for HD programming, you might want to find out if your TV has an internal HD tuner. If it does, all you need is a decent antenna to get normal broadcast HDTV. I'm pretty sure you have to go through your cable company to get an HD cable box, but I'm sure that's more reliable than simple over-the-air signals.

Oh, he can just get an antenna and get those channels, since many providers often multicast several shows on the same channel, degrading the quality of both. Others, like Time Warner, mangle the shit out of their HD shows, so there's one show of ten that looks great, and the others are wracked with myriad problems based largely at the station.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Elixir

The only PS2 game which supports 1080i is Gran Turismo 4.

And there's much debate surrounding whether it's actually 1080i, or simply something slightly lower. I still remember those debates raging.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Elixir

I don't even know why they bothered. Most PS2 owners don't have HDTVs, so putting 1080i into a single game is just weird and seems pretty pointless in my eyes.

Eh, I have no idea either. I guess it was mainly to inflate egos, but the mode is riddled with image quality issues and strange artifacts.

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There's hardly any games on the PS2 which support 480p, but 1080i? It just sound absurd.

To this day I still don't understand why most PS2 games don't have this option present. One possibility could be that the hardware is finally showing its age.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.