Which Playstation 2?....... American or European....you decide.

[chris007]

Just to keep people informed with my situation......

After MANY hours searching for the best deal on American PS2 consoles I came across a site in Hawaii (www.toysnjoys.com) they sell consoles for (around) £220 plus you also get Gran Turismo 3 with the price. I actually phoned this company up and spoke to a guy called Alex who said they had consoles in stock.

Sounds good so far.

However having rang Customs and Excise I was told there would be a charge of around 20% when the PS2 arrived in the UK.

Therefore the £220 price tag with £30 postage and package plus VAT etc would finally come to around the £300 mark.... still not bad.

Do users know ALL warranties/guarantees are VOID as soon as soon as electrical goods are shipped from the USA to the UK?
Therefore your dream machine, which might be faulty the day you receive it, might as well be put in the bin.

There is light at the end of the tunnel:

Having found only a handful of stores online, which are UK based and sell US PS2 consoles the best of these must be:
####://www.anotherworld.co.uk
The site is very good with a HUGE amount of JAP, US AND UK games.

I finally ordered my console today: £350 + £10 for a step down transformer (these are as much as £50 elsewhere). + P+P = £375
***PLUS A 12-MONTH GUARANTEE!*** I will receive this on Saturday.

You can get a CD from www.kanection.co.uk, which will allow you to play UK DVD's on your US PS2 machine. NO CHIPPING!

I would finally like to say that I read on a site today that to play UK copied/back up games using the SWAP trick you actually need to open up the PS2 (!)
The site had pictures of exactly what you are supposed to do.
This looks VERY risky and as most stores who sell MODchipped UK PS2 consoles DON'T give a guarantee I would advise people not to risk your PS2 unless you know what you are doing.

I hope I have helped one or two people make their minds up.

Cheers
Happy gaming
Chris

Chris007, I'm really pleased that you've got to where you want to be. Tenacity pays off and you have provided a wealth of info to people who have followed this thread.

On the modchip question, if you want to play backups, then you have to have a modchip for best results. Most people who have had it done properly are 100% satisfied and don't find a void warranty to be an issue. We take our chances - as you imply.

It will be interesting to see where you go from here.

Best wishes

[Dal]

Hey Chris,



Thanks for the post and the email, hope it all goes well when you get your PS2 delivered tomorow, let us know how you got on

Cheers

Dal

[chris007]

Just a quick post to say I received my PS2 today.

Absolutely no regrets.

Must say at the moment I am impressed with the service from Another World. I know stores in America are having trouble with the demand of the PS2 so for a store in the UK to have them available and to receive it 2 days after ordering is very good.

Fitted the step down transformer to the back of the PS2 and set my TV to receive NTSC signal and "hey presto" there's the PS logo!

Don't have any games yet though-bugger!
Have played an audio CD fine.

Still waiting for the big date of August 21st when Gallop Racer 2001 comes out......can't wait.

Anybody recommend any games (except GT3)

Thinking of buying MOTO GP.

Cheers
Chris

[chris007]

Can't stop posting on here........

Found a firm which sells chipped PS2 consoles (UK) at £299.

They claim to offer a *12 month guarantee* with ALL consoles purchased from them!

I'm still not that bothered as chipped UK PS2 consoles don't play US original imported games (which is what I need my PS2 for) but thought some users of this board might want to know.

The site is:
####://www.videogamecompany.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Playstation_2_Hardware__27.html

Cheers
Chris

US Original Games are available in London at Computer Exchange or in Reading at GameStation. And, of course, via Amazon US provided they ship to UK.

[chris007]

Who said American PS2 games were more expensive when getting them imported?

Just bought Gran Turismo 3 from The Game Alley $42 + shippping.

Total price (with International shipping) = £39 !!

Some importers are charging as much as £55.

Address is:
####://www.mysimon.com/buy/index.jhtml?c=playstation2&v=1&m=8773&url=####://store.yahoo.com//gamealley/grantur3ps2.html

My list of games I want now includes J League Winning Eleven.....looks superb. Anybody got the Jap version?

Couldn't see the J.League game on the web - but if you take the Jap version, make beware if it is on DVD because the US PS2 won't play the Jap original.

[Dal]

Hey Chris,

Just thought ild let you know i recieved my UK Chipped PS2 today, using the region X as my boot disc, no problems at all the best £300.00 ive spent in a long time. Anyway hope your GT3 turns up soon got that today as well what a top game been playing it non-stop this evening.

This topic has been great to read and reply 2, i hope it continues

Cheers

Dal

Dal

Hi, this has been a v good discussion and I hope to add to it with some advice on DVD’s. I never buy region 2 DVD’s as they usually have scenes deleted from them (like a few from Fight Club are not there in the region 2 version). Region 1 DVD’s also usually have more special features than there UK counterparts and obviously come out sooner than the UK (you can some times get films before they are in the cinema). You may think that this is a lot more expensive than buying them in the UK, but they are often the same price or cheaper. A great site is www.dvddynamic.com which is a Canadian Company and offer free world wide shipping, which I find comes in about 3-7 days.
I also found the “DVD Region X” for £18.99 at ####://www.specialreserve.net/.

I hope I have been of some help.

Happy Gaming
Jim

[chris007]

Quick post:

Ordered NBA Street from Toysnjoys in America around 8 days ago and received it today. $58 in total (£40) Absolutely excellent. No problems with NTSC etc.
Still haven't got my copy of Gran Turismo though.....bugger!

Anyway I think I have come to the end of this thread. I have finally got what I want and everything (atlast) has worked out fine.

Just to let you know I'm not the only one getting slightly excited about a horseracing game......####://www.tecmoinc.com/ubb/Forum19/HTML/000068.html

Hope I have helped atleast one or two people make up there minds.

Cheers
Chris

[master-of-understanding]

i have a ps2 but iam afraid to get it modded even with the neo4 coming out i don't make much money i was lucky to get a ps2 and iam afraid that they will come out with anti mod games for ps2 and i won't be able to play it so until a stealth iam stuck with the orginal