Video Asylum

Posted by Jeffmtbr (i) on December 13, 2000 at 18:20:51:

In Reply to: I'll look forward to your evaluation... posted by Iguana Man on December 11, 2000 at 09:59:30:

Alright I have a Pioneer DVD player and a Sony PS2,hooked up to the Energy Take 5 and a New Harman Kardon DD, DTS receiver.
It's a mid level Pioneer and I see a small diference if I look hard enough between the two. I don't here any audio diference, it doesn't sound bright at all, I guess it depends on what kind of equipment your using.
Most of the games that came out are just alright, all of them better than the Playstation 1. There are a couple games right now that are amazing. They'll get better in the next couple months even.
The bad part....The FAN!! Loud and it's on all the time. To me it's enough not to use the thing as a DVD player if you have another player in the house.
Just look at the price, I paid $449 Canadian, I think it's selling at $299 US or something close to that.
If you love the games and the internet possibilites of the PS2 then it's a good buy. If you don't play games and don't care much about the furture of the Playstation then just buy a regular DVD player.
Oh yeah the controls aren't hard to use at all, I'd rather use the controller than a remote! Everything is where you want it, you just have to get used to it, like controlling the games.
Hope this helps
Jeffmtbr