Is there a cheap way to get the PS2 to play DVDs through Component/RGB?

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 09:25

Composite is finally doing my head in 6 years on

Chris1712 · 25 Aug 2006 at 11:51

Go and buy a component/RGB-Scart cable?? :confused:

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 18:53

Oh you havent heard? If you try to play a DVD through an RGB cable on the PS2 it shows up green

I want to play DVDs through the PS2 with RGB without the Green screen

soundwave · 25 Aug 2006 at 19:17

I used a disc called Region X which made my PS2 multi region & also sorted out the green screen problem through RGB by saving some info to the memory card.
Not sure if you can still buy it but my one came from HMV along time ago...may be worth checking their store see if they still sell them.

Neil

Armadillo · 25 Aug 2006 at 20:38

Bridge two pins inside the ps2 , cheapest way to do it. Just search ps2 rgb fix online , should find the relevent diagrams. Not sure if it can be done on the newer ps2's though.

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 21:47

Armadillo said:
Bridge two pins inside the ps2 , cheapest way to do it. Just search ps2 rgb fix online , should find the relevent diagrams. Not sure if it can be done on the newer ps2's though.

thanks, it looks pretty easy but i've never soldered before

Wonder if i can do it with household stuff?

Droolinggimp · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:15

Marcos said:
Oh you havent heard? If you try to play a DVD through an RGB cable on the PS2 it shows up green

I want to play DVDs through the PS2 with RGB without the Green screen

I used a RGB cable on my PS2 and it was fine.

No idea what you are on about :confused:

Dark_Angel · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:19

Without wishing to be a pain, its worth remembering that there is no talk of console mods allowed on this forum, so I would highly recommend taking down the link to the picture.

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:24

droolinggimp said:
I used a RGB cable on my PS2 and it was fine.

No idea what you are on about

Either you have a PS2 version i havent heard of before that allows it...

ALL other PS2s ever produced have a restriction on DVD playback through an RGB cable, the restrictions forces the output to show the picture in Green.

You probably have a switchable RGB cable or something, thats what i use right now, i switch from RGB for games to composite for DVDs. I hope thats not the case, cause that would mean you've bought an RGB cable but have been running it in composite mode all this time

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:27

Dark_Angel said:
Without wishing to be a pain, its worth remembering that there is no talk of console mods allowed on this forum, so I would highly recommend taking down the link to the picture.

really? thats new, and annoying

Droolinggimp · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:35

Marcos said:
Either you have a PS2 version i havent heard of before that allows it...

ALL other PS2s ever produced have a restriction on DVD playback through an RGB cable, the restrictions forces the output to show the picture in Green.

You probably have a switchable RGB cable or something, thats what i use right now, i switch from RGB for games to composite for DVDs. I hope thats not the case, cause that would mean you've bought an RGB cable but have been running it in composite mode all this time

the cable that I used was an official RGB cable and it worked pefect on all my TV`s..The picture quality was obviously loads better than the crappy composite you get as standard..

Sorry if no one belives me but thats the way it is..

Marcos · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:53

droolinggimp said:
the cable that I used was an official RGB cable and it worked pefect on all my TV`s..The picture quality was obviously loads better than the crappy composite you get as standard..

Sorry if no one belives me but thats the way it is..

Ok lets just confirm a few things.

1. You have fat/older PS2
2. You bought it new and it is unmodified/unopened
3. You play DVDs through the RGB cable and there is no green screen effect

If so, you must have a rare PS2 version that i dont know about that has no restrictions, or your console has been modified and you might not know about.

I can't see any other reason for it

[SKR]Phoenix · 26 Aug 2006 at 01:40

Marcos said:
Ok lets just confirm a few things.

1. You have fat/older PS2
2. You bought it new and it is unmodified/unopened
3. You play DVDs through the RGB cable and there is no green screen effect

If so, you must have a rare PS2 version that i dont know about that has no restrictions, or your console has been modified and you might not know about.

I can't see any other reason for it

You could be wrong? oh, the shame!

Don't have a fit, it does happen.

Marcos · 26 Aug 2006 at 08:05

[SKR]Phoenix said:
You could be wrong? oh, the shame!

Don't have a fit, it does happen.

I dont care about being right or wrong, i'm looking for answers, if this guy can do it without modifying i want to know whats causing it

dirtydog · 26 Aug 2006 at 08:51

I use the Blaze advanced RGB scart cable with my PS2 and it plays DVDs back fine, no green screen.

Nismo · 26 Aug 2006 at 09:05

dirtydog said:
I use the Blaze advanced RGB scart cable with my PS2 and it plays DVDs back fine, no green screen.

But thats because it has a switch on the lead to change it doesn't it? Effectively means you aren't using RGB anymore.

That was the case when I had the blaze lead and a PS2 anyway, things might have changed since and it might auto-switch.

dirtydog · 26 Aug 2006 at 09:35

Nismo said:
But thats because it has a switch on the lead to change it doesn't it? Effectively means you aren't using RGB anymore.

That was the case when I had the blaze lead and a PS2 anyway, things might have changed since and it might auto-switch.

It has no manual switch but yes you're probably right that it must auto switch then

Dark_Angel · 26 Aug 2006 at 10:59

Marcos said:
really? thats new, and annoying

I am not sure its a new rule, as far as I remember it's always been there. I am not certain if modding to for RGB no green would not be allowed, but I figure it's better to be safe than certain.

Maybe a mod could clarify things?