New PS2 Model: SCPH-50000
 

The new model will be released May 15th in Japan(also the release date of the Matrix Reloaded in the US). Sounds good. Check it out here

Sounds very cool, designing it to work better with the recordable DVDs and all.

You think there is a way to integrate those improved lasers into older versions of the PS2?

YES!!! I will get that version and have it modded with a messiah 2.

this doesn't have the I link....
well was there any use for this???
is ne1 using this port on ur ps2???
cause the new USB2.0 is faster I believe

hmm sounds good though when r they do in the USA
 

why did sony make the 5000 series read dvd-r and +r better if they hate pirted softwere unless they mean this for copied dvd movies which still would prob be prited

Re: hmm sounds good though when r they do in the USA
 

I was thinking that meself. I suppose appealing to the increasing home usage of dvd-r videos outweighed the side effect of making the pirate's life easier (which is a losing battle anyway).

It doesn't say anything about improving recorded media playback. It just says it is now supported, which it has been for quite some time, just never advertised.

o
 

o that answeres that now about when r they do to be here in the usa

Re: o
 

Don't know. We don't even have the v8 yet. Maybe we will get this instead of the v8....????

My favorite part of this is the quieter fan. I hate watching a movie at night and having to crank the volume due to the whhhhhrrrrr.

Now the question is when is the messiah and other chips going to be updated so they are compatable with this version?

Probably as soon as the Messiah team gets their hands on one of these new systems.

what they look like
 

do they look the same

I seriously doubt that Sony would totally redo their entire case design. I would imagine that it will be exactly the same case with the addition of one liitle shinny black spot for the IR sensor. They could even locate it on the lower part of the unit so that it sits back a little and is not that obvious.

v8 still hard to find ,it had new copied game protection it stopped old chips working,these have been cracked a while now

u can gaurantee sony knows this
my guess is it will have internal changes,aimed at stoping our poor little chips,we will soon see

bighap the article actually states improved dvd laser,it better be a new better laser, false advertising if not