I did another side-by-side today

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by Matt X

That still would be a cool way to demo for friends - tho I wonder if PS2 would be a good DVD player to use? I've always thought the PS2 playback was pretty poor compared to regular standalone players, but then again I was watching it through component cables.

I may yet test it against my recording DVD player, which can use HDMI but I've only one port for HDMI, so I'd probly just use component for the DVD again.

My old PS2 served as primary DVD player for a long time until about 2 years ago. I figured using it in my test would show how much better my home theater has gotten since 2001.

It is my understanding and experience that the PS3 is a better Blu-ray player than the PS2 was a DVD player.