Something I just found at IGN -
"Video Quality
Let me start out by saying that the PS2 does an adequate job of displaying DVDs. For reference, I tried out the Bug's Life disc, which I think has some of the most amazing clarity ever put on DVD. I also threw in The Matrix, and Lost In Space. To be honest, some DVDs just did NOT want to play on this PS2, and I'm 99% sure that's because it's an import, and really isn't supposed to play Region 1 discs.
The PS2 renders colors fantastically, for reference, I usually throw the 'space-jump' sequence from Lost In Space at a player, because of the incredibly bright, washed out picture that's generated. Some players don't do all great of a job retaining picture detail in that scene, but the PS2 did it justice. The post-jump sequence also looked fantastic, with the space being as dark as it should be, and the blue 'clouds' standing out very well. A Bug's Life was as colorful as I always remembered, it, and gave my stand-alone player a run for it's money. Check out the circus scene as a great example.
The only thing I really could find fault with, and it's not something that you would probably even notice unless you did a side-by-side comparison, was that the PS2 almost seemed too crisp, it made scenes in some DVDs look as though there had been edge-enhancement done, when in fact there wasn't. It was almost too sharp, there was a definite harshness to the picture. But again, this isn't something that you'd really notice. Originally, I had the PS2 connected via the Composite RCA cable, and when I switched to the S-Video cable, at first it seemed like the Composite looked better, but that was probably because the loss in detail, that comes with using composite connections, was masking the harshness.
That being said, the PS2 didn't introduce any artifacts that weren't already there, aside from the aforementioned 'problem', it did a great job at rendering scenes, and handled fast-motion very well.
Anamorphic DVDs displayed on a 4x3 TV looked fine, with no noticeable 'jaggies' added to the picture. Credit sequences in films look as well as they do on a non-anamorphic DVD.
The PS2 does an adequate job of playing DVDs, and for most people, there won't be a problem at all. Just don't expect Sony S7700 quality out of this.
Audio
In this area, I could find no fault. As would be expected, the PS2 does a fine job sending out a bitstream for my decoder to handle. This isn't entirely surprising as all the PS2 is doing is taking the audio bitstream from the DVD and shooting them out the optical port.
It also does a pretty good job of taking a 5.1 signal, and converting it to a Dolby Pro-Logic signal, for this type of test I'll usually use the opening scene from Contact, as well as the worm-hole scene. The opening scene is pretty much the easiest to discern between the 5 different audio channels, while the worm-hole scene provides terrific bass. I'm not trying to say that there are not better sounding discs out there, but for these purposes, Contact will do just fine. The intro was as well defined as you could really want from a Dolby Pro-Logic track, The worm-hole scene, while subdued, still seemed very powerful. All that being said, it still didn't sound quite as defined as the native Pro-Logic track already on the disc.
Many have asked if the PS2 will support DTS, and the answer is yes. Although it hiccuped on one chapter of 'Ultimate DVD Gold', it played all of the other DTS chapters just fine, with no problems whatsoever. The DTS demo reel sounded fantastic.
Whereas I had minor complaints with the video, I really have nothing to complain about the audio whatsoever."
Anyway... who cares? PoS2 suxxx!
Right?
However I could care less, I bought a PS2 to play games not watch DVDs. I've got 3 good DVD players in the house, I'm not going to start bitching about how a 
