Are DVDs Bad for PS2?

[Discloner]

I've heard through the grape vine that watching DVDs on the PS2 can be bad for the console, eventually ruining either your dvd or the console itself...

I was just wondering if there was any truth to the rumor?

We've been using our PS2 to watch DVDs since we got it alittle over a year ago, and suddenly it's stopped recognizing that there are discs in the console. Coupled with the rumors that DVDs can ruin the station my worries have escilated.

[SNS]

I really doubt such rumors have any truth to them, why would Sony sell a system that messes up when you use DVDs?

[Discloner]

Well

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/7184

Thats exactly whats happening to mine.

[ohmrbill]

Of course it can eventually wear it down. ANYTHING can be eventually worn down through regular use. Watching DVD's on your PS2 just wears it down faster than games because it has to read the disc much more often.

[John Miles]

Of course it can eventually wear it down. ANYTHING can be eventually worn down through regular use. Watching DVD's on your PS2 just wears it down faster than games because it has to read the disc much more often.

But shouldn't a system that is advertised as being able to play DVDs be a bit more reliable than that? I think people expect it to be able to work for more than just a couple of years or so before it wears out.

[ohmrbill]

But shouldn't a system that is advertised as being able to play DVDs be a bit more reliable than that? I think people expect it to be able to work for more than just a couple of years or so before it wears out.

Agreed. Which is part of the reason why I've been so angry at Sony, and have been saying that the PS2 is a cheap piece of junk.

[Nin-Nin69]

Well so far they've improved on the DVD's problems over the past 3 years and are very close to being able to allow owners to use their burned DVD-R and DVD-RW movies. :)

[Shawn Hopkins]

I've been using mine to play DVDs since I got it two years ago. No problems.

[James]

I've been using mine to play DVDs since I got it two years ago. No problems.

Same here and I'm not entirely sure how it would really cause such an error. You could argue that the drive system is weak and will eventually break down, but I think any issues with the disks themselves is just co-incidence.

Regardless, I've had no problems... yet... :p

[bradvickers69]

still works great. I got the 2nd model of the PS 2and never had a problem with a game or DVD with the exception of the badly scratched game from Blockbuster.

[Marc]

I'm willing to bet this is simply an issue of dirty or scratched discs. Occasionally when I play DVDs on my PS2 for an extended period of time I'll get an "Unable to read disc" message. Once I clean the disc and console it's as good as new.

- Cap

[Andrew T. Hingson]

DVD aren't bad for PS2's, but running them excessively wares down your PS2 much more than playing lots of games or only a few DVD's. One every now and then wont hurt it, but playing them on it all the time isn't good for the system for some reason. My friends PS2 got wared down big time. Now it barely runs. Basically no DVD's don't hurt your PS2, but I wouldn't use a PS2 as your sole DVD player. It would be better to buy a cheap DVD player to play your DVD's on then risk waring down your PS2 too quickly.

Playing one every now and then shouldn't be a problem though.

[Beat]

The new one will probably fix that.

[Wilco911]

From what I've read the main cause of read errors is that the system lens is dirty.

(Which reminds me, I need to go get a cleaning kit for mine.)

[Discloner]

From what I've read the main cause of read errors is that the system lens is dirty.

(Which reminds me, I need to go get a cleaning kit for mine.)

Where would I go about buying byself a cleaning kit, and about how much do you think it'll cost?

[SNS]

Some video games stores sell them, I bought mine at Babbages.