Video Asylum

Posted by T.Buns (A) on February 12, 2002 at 23:20:06

In Reply to: Ok if PS2 is not that great for dvd what about X-BOX?? posted by Jeremy32504 on February 11, 2002 at 21:49:04:

My brother got an X Box, and from the twenty minutes or so I saw of "Fear and Loathing..." it makes a much nicer player than the PS2. You will have to buy a $30 "DVD kit" and a $30 advanced or HD A/V box for the optical digital output, so the $299 price is a little misleading. My brother has found that it won't play some discs, (he has 5 and it won't play 2; horrible odds that I assume qualify for special circumstance).

I have no test equipment but I've always thought the PS2 was an awful DVD player, the X Box may measure just as poorly but looks quite a bit better.

Overall, it's on par with my 5 year old DVP-S3000 but not as nice as my 2 year old Yamaha.

Hope I was of some help. -T