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Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA
one the functions of a modchip is routing more power to the laser diode (which is why it gets killed earlier than on an unmodded PS2)...  |
Actually the modchip doesnt have anything to do with it. A Stock, unmodded PS2 will play a dvd movie backed up on dvd-r. It has to do with the laser having to focus harder to read dvd-r media so it burns up faster when cheaper media with low reflectivity is used.