Yeah I havent owned a gaming console for probally 3-4 yrs now..The last one I had was Nintendo 64?I cant even rember the name of it ..I used to kick *** on 007 against 3 other people...



Well Christmas is coming around..and my G/F moms wants to get one for the kids...Well the older one may beable to play..



Anyways I wanted one that games are good...for kids and adults..

DVD player...and cheap games (burning them)



Im looking alot towards PS2...which I should of got 2 yrs ago..



How hard is it to burn these games?I just have a CD burner...and can I burn DVD movies with this burner?and hows the qaulity on the DVD player part of it..



Well last year...He brake the VCR I had for him so we didnt have anything to play his kids movies on ..so I went out and bought him his own 25in TV and VCR..so I didnt have cash for a DVD player...Will this PS2 be good for normal use of DVDs?



anyone with knowledge of these consoles...please respond...

 

Yea PS2 is your best option I think. I couldn't tell you about burning games. Quite honestly the games are not all that expensive in the first place.

 

PS/2 is awesome, about burning games, won't happen, sorry, Sony is Notorious for their anti pirating protections in both their gaming consoles, and their stand alone dvd players, there is supposedly a mod chip for the ps/2, but having looked into it, I found out it is only to allow playing burned ps/1 games makes sense, because the ps/2 games are all on dvd, and have copywrite protection. In other words, even if you had a dvd burner, the ps/2 is designed so that it cannot run a dvd-ram. the easiest console to cheat with is the now defunct dreamcast, this may be better for you, as you seem to be very cheap, you can pick up a used dreamcast for prolly $50, and then download and burn all the games your heart desires.

 

Ps2 and X-box are both good choices. You can not burn the games with the hardware you have, but mod chips are available for both systems, as well as games. PM me for info

 

Xbox is easily the better system of the lot of them power wise. WAY more powerfull in terms of graphics, sound and everything else.



Built in hard drive, etc it's just a better system all the way around.



The only "downside" is that Microsoft is behind it and some people just can't get over that.



The PS/2 is OK, I was excited at first then saw the graphics for the system on a TV and thought "Geesh haven't they heard of anti aliasing?" MAJOR jaggies around everything. VERY dissapointed.



Has a good game selection, Microsoft is going to catch them shortly



You said kids...the Game Cube is aimed at them but I don't think Nintendo is going to be making it much longer. Just a hunch



I'd say Xbox over all, just a better system.

 

of course that was a biased post...they both have their pros and cons.



as far as best console id have to say coleco vision or if you want a word processor a commodore 64



i think last time i looked at the DC it was like 75 bucks with like 20 games new.

 

Biased by someone who's owned and played most consoles made since the Atart 2600 of course. I still own a coleco vision, c64, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, XGS, ST, Balleys Astrocade, Intellivision, Oddesy, Vectrex, TI 99/4A among other things



Xbox is the best system to have come out in a long long time, just a matter of getting them to produce something other then racing games for it.



The Dreamcast is a nice system but keep in mind there are no new games coming out for it state side.

 

Well the burning thing is not a "be able to do "option..I was just wonding if this is tru from what people been saying..



So now what ...

.X BOX? OR

PS2?



Keep in mind..I want it as a good DVD player also..who has the better games?

 

im not a fan of the ps2... xbox is where its at

 

xbox.... the graphics are cleaner... no memory cards to deal wth... and its just better... controller is better too