PS2 on HDTV-help please

[monel]

Thanks again, I'll try your suggestions. It's a 40inch but I wish I had gone for the 50 while I had the cash (I went on a music buying rampage soon afterwards).

The weird thing is, some of the PS2 games look pretty damn good and not as bad as I thought they would be, and that's running through a scart lead.


Now that you mention it, I can't imagine what my PS1 would look like hooked up to it, once I get a new laser I'll find out, although I suppose I'm lucky in that I still have a CRT in the house even though it's not set up.

The custom made upscalers that were mentioned in the retro forum recently look great value for money, I wish I had one.

[JazzFunk]

^Just a quick warning, though. Was browsing through my Samsung's instruction booklet and it warns against keeping the TV set in 4:3 mode for long periods of time as it can potentially cause screen burn-type problems where the left and right-hand borders are (I think this is a general warning for all HDTVs, though it might affect some tellies more than others, others maybe not at all).

[monel]

Thanks again, didn't know that.

Would it be ok for a couple of hours, though?-edit 'long periods of time'-got it, thanks.

[Escape-To-88]

If it's the PS2 you bought from me Shinobi, then it'll work perfectly through a component cable.
There's also a program you can get for the memory card to force 480p on most games - doesn't work for everything but makes a lot of stuff look nice

[monel]

Ah OK, thanks for the tip Escape. I've hardly had the chance to play any games on it for any significant time yet. Will change that soon.