Posted by Skipai Otter on 09/22/61 11:39

"/\/\arc" <yada@yada.com> wrote in message
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> "curious george" <graham.chapman983@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> Righto, I've 2 daughters, and they share a PS2 machine, in which they
>> often play DVD's on it.. Is there any way, I could make a copy of say,
>> Shrek, and give that to them, instead of using the original and possibly
>> buggering it up?? I've tried it using shrink and a DVD+R, but it won't
>> play :-( They have a habit of "losing"DVD's and it mysteriously turns up
>> a few days/weeks later, buried beneath a load of toys/games!!
>> Graham
>
> Your PS2 doesn't need to be chipped. The later model "big" PS2s and all
> the new slimline PS2s will play DVD-Rs just fine. I think it even says so
> on the box. Pretty sure they don't play DVD+Rs at all. This is only for
> movies though. Games are a whole different ballgame. And newsgroup ;)

My brother's PS2 plays DVD+R's no problem. Both Maxell and Datawrite
Titaniums. 8x discs. Not tried the 16x ones yet though.

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Skipai

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