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PS2 hardware upgrade SCPH-50000 available in the U.K.

Sony upgrades the hardware and cuts the price. The improved DVD playback is the highlight of this hardware update, but the FireWire connectivity is gone.

DVD playback quality has been improved. The SCPH-50000 features surround sound decoder and purchasing of an additional remote controller is no longer required in order to access all of the DVD playback features. The FireWire connection has been stripped from the latest revision though. This is due to the fact that it was hardly at all used by game developers for multiplayer functionality.A tiny new detail is that the PS2 is now also available in ‘satin silver’ casing.



The SCHP-50000 is available in the U.K. during this week and the price has been shaved down to just £139.99

TheRegister.com

Written by: Lasse Penttinen @ 1 Oct 2003 10:35

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• 4 comments

• QUAKEDS

  HOPE IT WILL COME TO USA

  1.10.2003 11:48 #1

• Toiletman

  Hmph. I wish I was still back in England.
  

  When you are on your deathbed, you will wonder, "Did I waste my life? Was it worth spending all that time on that?" Do not despair, no one has wasted their life. After all, you can only waste something if you throw it away. And you can't throw life away.

  5.10.2003 10:16 #2

• firewire

  Take a look http://www.gamers.tv/articles/792/
  Next year sony are going to throw in a DVDwriter and hard disc.

  7.10.2003 07:09 #3

• firewire

  Now for the silver PS2 that has a built in DVD RW and TV decoder. Will be realeased in Europe Q1 of 2004.
  http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3151

  8.10.2003 01:43 #4