Hey guys. The PS2 is awesome, i think we can all agree on that.
The problem is the HD age came in around 2006 and suddenly our PS2 games look blurry and the colours don't look as great as they once did.
This is to be expected of course as eventually all games look dated.
My question is: How do we get the best video image possible in a post HD world on our beloved Playstation 2?
Is there a cable that can plug into a HDMI port now?
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Sony's PlayStation 2 is the second home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated, and to date is the best-selling home console of all time, with an install base of 150 million units since its launch.
Making your PS2 provide the best picture.
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" Hey guys. The PS2 is awesome, i think we can all agree on that. The problem is the HD age came in around 2006 and suddenly our PS2 games look blurry and the colours don't look as great as they once did. This is to be expected of course as eventually all games look dated. My question is: How do we get the best video image possible in a post HD world on our beloved Playstation 2? Is there a cable that can plug into a HDMI port now? "Use an emulator.
" @jadeskye said:that was my first attempt. turns out my PC doesn't have the nessesery hardware. in dire need of an upgrade." Hey guys. The PS2 is awesome, i think we can all agree on that. The problem is the HD age came in around 2006 and suddenly our PS2 games look blurry and the colours don't look as great as they once did. This is to be expected of course as eventually all games look dated. My question is: How do we get the best video image possible in a post HD world on our beloved Playstation 2? Is there a cable that can plug into a HDMI port now? "Use an emulator. "
" @jadeskye: PS2 emulation is still in development and yeah, you need really good hardware. there's lots of stability issues. I have a gaming PC and I wasn't happy with PS2 emulation. I just stick to my backwards compatible PS3. As for PS1 emulation, it is very stable. PS1 games look great when you configure it to run at high resolutions. They run pretty well too! The hardware requirements are pretty light as well. "The latest versions of what-not work fine here.
" @teh_pwnzorer: Looks fantastic but do you need a 5970 and an overclocked core i7? "That screenshot was from a PC with an overclocked amd 965 (connected to my TV) and overclocked 5850. I just checked, the overall cpu usage was 20% in that living room scene and three of the cores are being used at around 20% and one at around 10%. The directx resolution is the default "1024x1024".
" not bad. "
I didn't mess too much with the options, but I noticed that v-sync destroyed the framerate in some scenes so I keep it off. However, there is an option to turn on interlacing which seems to have cut down on tearing significantly. PS2 produces an interlaced signal (which you can notice in the endurance run)...but I can only guess how that improves the emulation.
Here's a boss battle with fraps (60fps):
Man, the last time I checked PS2 emulation out it was only running some games, it's really come along.
I have used my PS2 with my HDTV via composite, component and s-video cables. I think component gives you the sharpest image but, honestly, s-video is where it's at for me as it's between my HDTV or my old 14" crt telly. S-Video doesn't look bad at all, although it probably doesn't beat CRT for avoiding some jaggy textures etc but that's to be expected I guess.
Well the obvious answer would be to play them upscaled on a 60GB PS3.
Otherwise you want one of these.
I'm using component cables and upscaling via my Yamaha RX-V 667 receiver which does a better job at upscaling than my SONY LCD. Text looks almost HD, but textures and such still look bad. I guess you can only do so much with an old console. However some games still look great, it depends a lot on the art style. Persona 4 looks great IMO while Yakuza 2 looked like shit (still an awesome game though).
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