I bought the PS2 so that I could play both games (mostly PS1, though the access to both PS1 and PS2 libraries is fantastic) and watch DVDs in my office. I have a small TV (13″ or so), that happens to be a TV\/VCR combo unit.<\/p>\n
This was bought in 1995, so that I’d have a TV for my dorm room. The VCR combo bit was hugely convenient, as I love movies.<\/p>\n
The VCR part eats tapes now. I’m gonna fix it, but it doesn’t work. I CANNOT record anything with it.<\/p>\n
And yet, when a DVD is played through my PS2, I get copy protection retardation.<\/p>\n
I CANNOT PLAY A DVD THAT I LEGALLY PURCHASED THROUGH A PLAYER THAT I LEGALLY PURCHASED ON A TV THAT I LEGALLY PURCHASED. Okay, that my parents legally purchased.<\/p>\n
Now I have to hook up an R\/F modulator (that I already own because I’m USED to this horse shit), and consume more electricity.<\/p>\n
Irate isn’t even the word.<\/p>\n
All this makes me want to do is tape DVDs, once the modulator is set up and the VCR portion is fixed, and give them to people. Not that I will, but I freakin’ WANT to.<\/p>\n
Death and destruction.<\/small><\/p>\n
Update<\/strong>: Since the copy protection trigger lies in the TV itself, the R\/F modulator does nothing. The irony, of course, is that while our big-screen TV, inherited from Lesson learned<\/strong>: Never, EVER buy a TV combined with anything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I bought the PS2 so that I could play both games (mostly PS1, though the access to both PS1 and PS2 libraries is fantastic) and watch DVDs in my office. I have a small TV (13″ or so), that happens … Continue reading