04-23-2004, 07:03 AM
Using the PS2 as a dvd player will destroy your lens at a exponential rate, compared to playing games on it. The system simply wasn't made to play DVD movies, and just isn't any good at it. Sony uses really cheap parts when manufacturing the PS2, particularly the drive itself, so why make it more suspectible to DREs by straining it? When you play DVDs, you force the drive to continuously spin to access data, and depending on the quality of the media you're using, this can quickly wear down the lens of the drive. This'll eventually lead to the DRE errors when playing games.
I know someone who burned his lens out in 3 months, by just playing R1 region DVDs on it every other day. He thought he was getting a deal, getting a gaming system AND a DVD player in one. He thought wrong.
Standalone DVD players are really cheap these days, so don't skimp and get a decent, brand name one, like Sony, Panasonic, or Toshiba (which is what I own), and it'll last you for several years, regardless of your viewing habits. I have friends with players of the above brands, who watch DVDs like crazy and to this day, have not have problems with their standalone players.
I know someone who burned his lens out in 3 months, by just playing R1 region DVDs on it every other day. He thought he was getting a deal, getting a gaming system AND a DVD player in one. He thought wrong.
Standalone DVD players are really cheap these days, so don't skimp and get a decent, brand name one, like Sony, Panasonic, or Toshiba (which is what I own), and it'll last you for several years, regardless of your viewing habits. I have friends with players of the above brands, who watch DVDs like crazy and to this day, have not have problems with their standalone players.