PS2 Compatible DVD-R Retail?

[vectorz]

Anyone know the cheapest DVD-R I can buy to backup PS2 games , at a retail store right now? I just need a few to last me till my Ritek's get here.

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Wrong forum, buddy!!

 

[dabuddha]

Try here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1023420

 

[hamburglar]

no. go away

 

[BamBam215]

pc club 50pk leda data for $39.99 is good if u have a pc club nearby. compusa generics should work as well. ps2 should read MOST dvd-rs pretty well. it's not as picky as the xbox. jus go buy the cheapest one and i bet it'll work.

btw, most of you hot dealers are rude as f*ck. it's no wonder the best deals get posted on f@t w@llet first.

 

[thrashev]

Originally posted by: hamburglar
no. go away

that's the christmas spirit!

 

[vectorz]

Originally posted by: BamBam215
pc club 50pk leda data for $39.99 is good if u have a pc club nearby. compusa generics should work as well. ps2 should read MOST dvd-rs pretty well. it's not as picky as the xbox. jus go buy the cheapest one and i bet it'll work. .

I bought the 25 pack @ PC CLub and it didn't work, so I guess I'll try the CompUSA brand.

Thanks for the reply tho!

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: vectorz

Originally posted by: BamBam215
pc club 50pk leda data for $39.99 is good if u have a pc club nearby. compusa generics should work as well. ps2 should read MOST dvd-rs pretty well. it's not as picky as the xbox. jus go buy the cheapest one and i bet it'll work. .

I bought the 25 pack @ PC CLub and it didn't work, so I guess I'll try the CompUSA brand.

Thanks for the reply tho!

wow really? i've used the same brand for ps2/xbox/dvd players for months andmonths and they never fail.

 

[Wheezer]

Be careful which brands you use...not all are healthy for the laser because. I hear Verbatims are one of the best....they are also one of the more expensive brands but then again how much to replace the laser?

 

[cremefilled]

btw, most of you hot dealers are rude as f*ck. it's no wonder the best deals get posted on f@t w@llet first.

The people who can't be bothered to read simple forum rules are the rude ones.

 

[passivex]

I know this post should be closed but here's my 2cents on this:

I bought the 25-Pack DVD-R from PC Club a while ago (for $19.99!). They worked great. Burn at 2X just fine.

I haven't burned PS2 (Don't you need a modded PS2 to be able to play?) but I burned some movies on PC club DVD-Rs and they played very well on my PS2.

Please tell me I don't need a mod chip to play PS2 games.

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: cremefilled

btw, most of you hot dealers are rude as f*ck. it's no wonder the best deals get posted on f@t w@llet first.

The people who can't be bothered to read simple forum rules are the rude ones.

No. The ones who don't read forum rules are nothing more than your mere average joe. Don't tell me you read all the disclaimer stuff everytime you sign up for something. Those who act like their mom was killed by someone not knowing the rules are the rude ones. NO ONE owes you a hot deal so don't act like it when someone makes a mistake.

 

[Richardito]

Originally posted by: passivex
I know this post should be closed but here's my 2cents on this:

I bought the 25-Pack DVD-R from PC Club a while ago (for $19.99!). They worked great. Burn at 2X just fine.

I haven't burned PS2 (Don't you need a modded PS2 to be able to play?) but I burned some movies on PC club DVD-Rs and they played very well on my PS2.

Please tell me I don't need a mod chip to play PS2 games.

You do not need a mod chip if you use a gameshark... :evil:

 

[Shippy]

Originally posted by: Richardito

Originally posted by: passivex
I know this post should be closed but here's my 2cents on this:

I bought the 25-Pack DVD-R from PC Club a while ago (for $19.99!). They worked great. Burn at 2X just fine.

I haven't burned PS2 (Don't you need a modded PS2 to be able to play?) but I burned some movies on PC club DVD-Rs and they played very well on my PS2.

Please tell me I don't need a mod chip to play PS2 games.

You do not need a mod chip if you use a gameshark... :evil:

That's not the full story and you know it. Don't give the guy half ass info.

You either need a mod chip (I use a Magic 3.1) if you want to direct boot everything. If you don't mind swapping discs, and don't want to soldier in your ps2, then you could go the swap magic/flip top lid route. There are also no-soldier mod chips out there but they also use some sort of swapping routing (either swap magic or gameshark). This isn't really the forum for discussing this type of information though.

Your best bet if you want to play backups painlessly would be to get a no-swap mod chip (like the Magic 3.1 or Messiah 2).

 

[hddy]

i don't even know the company of the ones i buy, but they work perfectly fine. also, i read apple dvd-r's r best for ps2 so just go down to compusa and pick up a 5 pack.

 

[Tiembo]

Originally posted by: hddy
i don't even know the company of the ones i buy, but they work perfectly fine. also, i read apple dvd-r's r best for ps2 so just go down to compusa and pick up a 5 pack.

At first, I used Apple DVD-R's, and they worked beautifully. However, I recently "backed up" some games using CompUSA branded DVD-Rs, and they seem to work just as well.

I think the most important factor is that I always burn at 1x, even though I have a 4x Pioneer 105.