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February 12, 2000

Even more on the PS2 DVD...
Posted by @ 6:34 AM, EST
A few bits from an http://www.eetimes.com/ EETimes article:

"At its demonstration Friday, SCE compared the DVD-Video playback function to high-end DVD-Video players from Matsushita, Pioneer and Sony. Ken Kutaragi, president of SCE, said the interlaced scanning reproduction of the DVD-Video feature compared well with the quality of the high-end players.

"Picture quality is better than DVD-Video players in the same price range [as Playstation 2] and in some case competitive with high-end ones, too," said Reiji Asakura, an audio/video critic and vice chairman of the Society of Picture Quality Engineers.

SCE said software processing of DVD-Video is an advantage because upgrades can be done via a software distribution. SCE said it intends to add progressive scan (525p) output capability to Playstation 2's DVD-Video function within half a year. That capability is available now only on top-end DVD-Video players."
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Name:MeTaL=DeaTh
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Comment: mr. no name,you're just as confusing as your name...what are you scared to type it in or what? dvd happens to be a format that plays movies and games,until i hear official word of what to expect,the info i heard is just as real as anything else on Nintendo...


Name:Blaze
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Comment: He's right about the games using DVDs...but still Nintendo said the DVD movie playing machine wont end up in the USA...and where the hell is the dolphin in all this?..no screen shots even


Name:Blaze
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Comment: He's right about the games using DVDs...but still Nintendo said the DVD movie playing machine wont end up in the USA...and where the hell is the dolphin in all this?..no screen shots even


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Comment: No you dont get it.There will be two versions.One plays DVD's and one does not.They both use a DVD format for their games though.


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Comment: what do ya' think Oasis just said,dvd is used for both games and movies,but the one in Dolphin is said to be only for games,not viewing movies. someone said to me the one for North America will not have dvd at all,if that's the case,that's sad! hope Nintendo fans like flipping over many cd's for just one game like DC fans will be doing in 2 years from now.


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Comment: Yes it will.You are supposedly able to buy two different kinds of the Dolphin-one that plays DVD and one that doesnt.The DVD one is more expensive.


Name:Oasis
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Comment: Yea, the Dolphin will have a DVD drive...but it won't play movies.


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Comment: Well the Dolphin will have DVD as well...


Name:Iron Curtain
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Comment: I don't know, I think Nintendo and Sega are laughing hysterically instead...You know, they're saying "Damned if that's supposed to be a GAME machine". In other words, Sega's and Nintendo's strategy are dedicated Game Machines, whereas The PS2 wants to expand its Boundaries. Personally, I'm going for the Playstation 2.


Name:Kituka
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Comment: Like I said before- The Matrix+PS2= give me a HELL YEAH!!!!! PS2 is the next generation of digital media, and Sega and Nintendo are shaking!!!!!


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