Wait.. The PS2 could do this?
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2021
- Here's a secret Playstation 2 feature that most PS2 users NEVER knew about... Did you know that the Playstation 2 could play games in full 1080 HD graphics? This hidden feature was ONLY available for a limited number PS2 games, & most users at the time didn't know this was possible. Here's a look at this hidden Playstation 2 feature & how to activate it step-by-step. For more Playstation tips & tricks, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!
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Another fact. The GTA trilogy looks better on a PS2 than a PS5.
LOL
gta 1-3 are best viewed on google earth ?
but don't try the street view -
Agreed
Lmao
That start up sound is pure nostalgia. So so many hours spent on the PS2.
Early 2000s.
Ahhh!
Dam ur old af
I actualy still have a ps2
@@bottleoscrumpy8816 tried to revive mine a few weeks ago. I had some missing cables and need a memory card to mod it. Will get it working soon. Good to keep alive for the occasional nostalgia sparks.
@@jaythekillagaming961 someone in their 30s isn’t “old af” says the young teenager.. some of us grew up with the original PlayStation
Actually 5 you missed playstation 2’s Linux kit and final fantasy online 40 gig hard drive kit could also support it
but you needed the weed stash empty for that
The 40 gig harddrive was insanity. You literally had to buy the harddrive, get everything set up, just to pay a monthly subscription to play one game
@@shiftfire4511 you implying that the game still isn’t charging a subscription for pc to this day? Lmao
@@TheTendouSouji87 Oh no. I'm just saying the PS2 version was an even bigger money sync. And i can't find anything saying that you got so much as a free month of play for all of it.
@@TheTendouSouji87 turns out that even with FFXIV, FFXI still have running pc servers.
20-21 year old console and this dude still finding out tips and secrets on the PS2 that atleast I didn't knew about lol
Bro it’s not that old lol
@@MTBTYLERINITTT considering it's like a year younger than me, It is to me lol
Oki
Yo do yo
@@MTBTYLERINITTT it’s actually 21 years and 22 days old in North America. 21 yrs 8 months and 13 days based on original release in Japan. As of today, November 17, 2021
This is almost as exciting as when I learned the “PS” logo on the front can be rotated when you stand the console up vertically.
Excuse me... gotta check my old ps2 in drawer real quick
Oh. Oooh.
@@_space_cat_
What did you find out
@@DJDee79 I found the lost city of gold. Turns out it was inside my PS2 all this time.
Oh boy, Miguel and Tulio are here!
The original fidget spinner 😂😂
I remember the day I tried a component cable for the first time. Even without a game being 1080i capable, the clarity and images were leaps and bounds clearer and crispier.
Ah yes, component cables. Made things a lot better 😂
Very true!
I just got some, oh damnnn the difference is amazing! GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories look way better than before, more clearer and sharper. Although Vice City Stories looks a bit less colourful than before
@@jamiem2494 I don't think the US ever had SCART, unlucky for them but great for the UK and Euro markets.
@@jamiem2494 From a quality perspective, RGB via scart and component are exactly the same. It's just the color space and connectors that are different.
God I love the PS2. The look, the sounds, the animation… that console is fresh also, looks fresh out of box
I love the PS2 also 😊
I love slim
@@JohnGlasscock I tweeted this finding you made on my twitter acc hope u don't mind. Very interesting I never knew about this.
The PS2 will forever be the best, if not ONE of the best, consoles ever. Favorite game STILL is shadow of the colossus for the ps2. Never ever gonna be able to replicate those moments. EVER.
@@LpCool19 you mean the game that was remade for PS4 and showcases some terribly dated mechanics that were obnoxious even when it launched?
Team Ico might be the most overrated developer ever. Technically, at least.
This is not just a simple console, its way more than that. Its a legend, a phenomenon.
It's the best selling console ever made in history.
No console has ever sold more units at launch. Even to this day and when you think about it that's super impressive because the console came out like 20 years ago now.
But it is the best console ever made. Most consoles sold, biggest game library, and its capabilities can be heavily expanded beyond its intended use if you buy a free mcboot memory card.
If only playstation held up to that reputation today. Because the PS3 was such a bad console, I remember selling that shit so fast and keeping my 360 because the 360 was just so much better.
But you better believe I still play my PS2 from time to time.
@@EpicBongZilla I knew 360 was better+ Backwards compatibility was too large
@@EpicBongZilla ps3 exclusives were soo good though, really the only thing it didn't have at least to me was party chat
The ps3 too
@@TMeek94 it did but it could of been better
Memory cards lol, those were the days😂.
8 mb🖤
I can also remember the mad catz memory cards for the PS2. I bought one and used without issues. Those were the days for sure
Still are for me. Prince of Persia right now.
And also magic gate. I don't know what magic gate is used for but it's etched on the memory card.
*Laughs in Xbox with 10GB hard drive that could store heaps of saves and music*
The component cable even improves games without 1080i compatibility. I was so amazed to see the difference. Nowadays, it's hard to find an original component cable, but generic, PS2 compatible component cables still do the same job.
Indeed, good luck finding those cables. And if you do even used ones are pretty expensive.
Here in Europe we had the SCART-RGB cable that's even better than component (and all CRTs here were compatible). But they were little advertized and most people just used the composhit cable bundled with the consoles.
Yes, I never used the horrible cables shipped along with the console. I couldn't stand the poor image quality.
You can make your own using xbox 360 cables
Hd-retrovision makes a set too, and they're fantastic.
nothing can beat the feeling when playing ps2 on crt tv
I agree 😌
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@@tredfxman , nope, and I speak that as a person that lugged around big ass CRTs, and anything that is above a 19 inch CRT is going to lead to back problems, as it is a two person operation, and good luck getting that up and down some stairs.
"Full High Definition" I don't think you know what this means. Not to be rude here, and just hoping to educate:
1080i is NOT 1080p. Interlacing on modern televisions can introduce a massive amount of input lag. Also, interlacing means the actual rendered resolution sent to the TV is 1/2 the final output resolution. So 1080i is actually 540 lines of resolution with every other line being "interlaced"... Meaning the pixels are basically faked from the actual lines of resolution in the original signal. So one line of pixels then one line of faked pixels filled in by the TV.
Progressive resolutions will always have a lower input latency and cleaner image because every pixel on the screen will be output in real time from the original signal with no extra processing from the TV - with the exception of upscaling.
I've always thought 720p looked better than 1080i (in general, I mean).
Also, it isn't native resolution, its 480 that the ps2 POORLY upscale.
1080i doesn't "fake" half of the pixels, it just posts half of them at a time alternating between odd rows of pixels and even rows of pixels. Hardware could more easily handle broadcasting and receiving (mostly cable TV pipelines) half of the pixels for a given image per frame than all of them at once even though, at the time when 1080p and 1080i were both regularly used, 1080i would generally post at double the framerate. 1080p was clearly more favorable as displays grew larger and the interlacing became more noticeable. Part of the problem with interlaced scan was that anything that depended on frame precision (like slowmo video) resulted in you only getting "half" of a frame interlaced at a time.
Modern TVs now days CAN de-interlace a 1080i signal however, which (depending on the method) does sometimes result in the "fake" pixels you described.
Back in the day, displays didn't do all of the upscaling they do by themselves today and depended on the device broadcasting to them to basically do that with interlacing.
@@Arcaged not 480, ps2 is 448. Only a few games are 480
@Chief Sitting Feather (We'z fake Indigenous!!) Ps2 resolution for majority games is 640x448 or 512x448, not 640x480
Still one of the best consoles of all time.
The PS2 came with so many legendary games its incredible.
There's a reason a lot of PS2 games are still being rereleased, remade and remastered to this day.
7000 titles ?
Yeah it's called nostalgia
No, it is the best console of all time. No other tops it.
I remember playing GT4 in HD, this console was a masterpiece and has never been topped in my opinion
So, I have a backwards compatible PlayStation 3 (60GB) console and I’ve noticed the difference too when I started playing Gran Turismo 4 with 1080 P. It’s awesome how this game supported it back then for PS2. 🙌🏾
It’s 1080i, not 1080p
How long have u had ur ps3 for?
@@tazchoudhury8926 2 years now and works very good to this day.
I have a C03 (4usb) piano black 1Tb PS3 - does all content 'upscale' to a version of HD, like in the poor video above,
when Sonys BRD players did upscale CD & DVD players content/media for HDMI viewing ?
Or are we mocking JSRF on the 360 ? that passed as HD ?
@@davidgallardoiii8079 was it brand new when u got it?
Btw, the Red, Yellow, White cables weren't "S Video". S Video was a specific cable for video.
The Yellow cable was a "Composite" cable. And the Red and White were just Stereo audio cables.
rca cable, but im right and so are you..laughed when i heard s video
I cringed when he called it s-video
on home media units - the 3 phono gang was often labelled s-video - for Uk markets -
Yeah s-vhs had much better picture quality than composite too. The Composite was utter shite if you ask me. I never used it.
@@theicebolt4361 what always annoyed me is in most cases the s video was on the front with only a mono audio input so if you had a console able to output s video you lost stereo sound. i assume this was there for camcorders but i feel like tv people got this wrong far more people had consoles than had camcorders.also looks messy
That startup music. Chef's kiss
Ps2 did some incredible things for it's time. It went up against dreamcast and eventually ended up doing GT, God of war, shadow of the colossus etc. I never used 1080i but was aware of it.
Makes me wonder what PlayStation 5 secrets I’ll learn about in 20 years.
Me: theres nothing special to find
John: am i a joke to you?
Did you know...if you hold down the mic mute button it mutes all the PS5 sound. It's really useful if you use a mix-amp/amplifier combo on both PS5 and PC.
Native 4k and ML plus 8k60fps native which are the things very one is denying at the moment. Jus my hunch but I feel like devs sometimes don't fully use the hardware in its time
I'll let you know when I get one in 20 years
One secret we discover in 20 years may be where the fuck to find one.
The first 1080i television came out in ‘98. Gran Turismo 4 came out in ‘04 which was well into the 1080 days. Was useful for the larger projection tvs that many houses where beguinning to have at the time
And that’s also why that trick was not known because who could afford those very expensive TVs back then
I’ll have to try it out. I still have 2 out of those three games. 👍
It works! 👍🏻
Just started playing my PS2 again after having it in storage for years. It's bringing back fun good memories. PS2 ROCKS!
Im also playing PS2 and the best way to enjoy when you are playing with friends.
Its also fun to remember, even if other games arent compatible with 1080i resolution, they still look a lot cleaner through a component cable
You just brought back alot of memories...lol..I remember finally discovering this feature at the very end of ps2 life cycle (basically a few months before i got my ps3..lol) It made a big diffrence playing Shadow of Colloses..lol..Good throw back discovery🤗👌🏽👌🏽
Love your content man! Thank you for these new info. The PS2 is my fav console too. The magical feeling.
Yes, I love the PS2
I still can’t get over the fact that his last name is glasscock
This is by far one of the most helpful and useful channels on RUclips.
I love you channel. You are very consistent in the composure of your videos which makes your channel awesome.
This is literally on page 7 of the owners manual. And when Gran Turismo 4 came out they were making a big deal out of it being like the first HD PS2 game, remember walking into Best Buy and they had a big display set up for it
Cool
who the the fuck reads the manual tho
@@ayylmao8837 Me
Everybody watch out !!! Nate Great Games knew about this years ago from reading said page in an official PS2 owners manual !! How cool is that guys !! Wow !!
it's not really an HD game tho, the game runs at 576x960 (552.960 pixels) which is was less pixela than the lowest HD resolution 720p (921.600 pixels)
the PS2 didn't have any games that actually ran in any HD resolution, just modes that supported HD signals and made the image look sharp enough to look decent on an HD TV.
Jackass runs at around 540p, which is lower than PAL SD resolution
I gotta say that i love this guys contents 🙌🏽
Thank you 😊
The start up tune made me smile but feel old at the same time.
I actually did know this for the reason of, when I eventually replaced my TV, it no longer had the S-video/composite inputs. and component inputs do not always take composite, at least sometimes when they do, you actually lose the color on the tv. Not like it is unsaturated, but that it actually straight up has a chance to become Monochromatic. On a hilarious note I recall having to changes the setting from composite to component blind. and even though it can do 720-1080i, it looks rather sharp and gets rid of some blurs that make certain games look better. Like in Okami.
Grand Turismo 4 was so great, I don't know how many hours I spent in it,I remember I did some endurance races that took couple of hours each, the grind in that game was real for me
Same here 🔥
Got so much nostalgia when I saw one of those games was Jackass. I actually still own my copy to this day.
Oh the memories of bringing your memory cards with you to friends. The good dayss
Resident Evil 4 (and others) had the progressive scan option by holding triangle and x as the game was starting up. With a home brew app called GSM you can force most games to 1080i with some working at 480p. The ps2 lives on!
I found this out while working on the road. The PS3 had been out for a few years but I still rocked my PS2 sometimes and this time in particular I decided to take it with me on the road. I saw the 1080i setting, and was dumbfounded then when it didn't work over composite I was bummed. (I've learned alot since then.) However I figured pretty quick that there had to be a component cable that I just didn't know about. I looked it up to confirm my theory and luckily the local game store had a set. So I got them and set them up on the crappy hotel flat-screen. And I was not let down, it looked amazing and the rest of my time in that hotel room was spent playing the only game I brought with me. Gran Turismo 4.
So nostalgic
Very 😌
@@JohnGlasscock I have question john
Can i use any microfiber cloth to clean ps5?
That startup cutscene drew back nostalgia to the time I called grand theft auto.. Car stealy game
I'm surprised I was able to keep my running to this day with how often I used it lol. Still runs great.
Woah. Does the slim also work?
deez
Yes, it does.
Wow, it's Dad!
@@lifehandz_lemons no I’m nathan
@@NathansArcade haha! I respect your work and everything you do. You are extremely talented. Keep it up :)
Thank you very very much for this tip.
I also ❤ the PS2.
I have kept my original version 1 alive. People think I am mad by having it fixed everytime it goes wrong but I have 125 PS2 games I adore. The Original Monster Hunter for example, Shadow of the Colossus, FF10 & FF10-2, FF12, Gran Turismo 3, 4 & special editions. My list goes on & on.
I will not let my PS2 die and how DARE Sony stop production on this Magnificent console.
I have around 600 PS2 [PAL] titles, all visibly fully functionable, blue, black or silver 99% have cases - there is about 6500 to collect.
1:12 The intro that defines my childhood! Wonderful times, those were!
Also tons of games have combos for progressive scanning mode with component cables
Ok
PLEASE DO MORE PS 2 VIDEOS i have a ps2 but i don't really get stuff cuz it's new to me, and of course i use the ps2 to just play immidietly with my cousin. But now i have my own ps2 😁 though it's not the original :(
So you’re saying you had the normal one or slim one?
I’m glad I had PS3 component cables lying around. Most games on the PS2, including PS1 games can at least play in 720p. And some games even support progressive scan, which helps make the picture and frame rate slightly better.
1:08 oh look, a memory card. The heart attack you get when you could not find it. Ah, good old days.
Would've been cool if other games supported 720p(I) (I'm not too picky as long as pixels aren't over stretched or blurry) since I still have some games I need to finish. What would really be cool is if big tvs in the near future were capable of running retro games/consoles at both they're native resolution and screen size for correctly displaying them while turning off parts of the tv display that's not currently in use! 😳 I'm sure this has been thought about yet it's either too soon till its actually possible or its just a fantasy. 🤔 (I guess I can't sell myself too short since decades ago we all used to dream about VR and here we are today playing VR games and witnessing different worlds created from VR. 😏)
As long as you upscale by whole integer numbers and maintain the aspect ratio, you're fine, regardless of the original resolution. That's how Xbox does it with their backward compatibility program. If the game supports widescreen modes, it'll look damn near perfect on an HD TV, despite the age of the source material. Though one could argue Xbox cheats a bit here, by maxing out texture filtering and other graphical options far beyond what the original hardware could handle, but, hey, you don't hear me complaining about my free 'remasters'.
@@halofreak1990 in not knowledgeable enough to understand computer jargon but if it's possible and hopefully won't break the bank, I'm almost willing to try anything sometime down the line. 😣 if I was in your shoes, I wouldn't be either! 😉
Also if you hold triangle and x as the system starts up you can change to progressive scan
Yeah, but it had to be on a TV that supported Progressive Scan
That's not true. My TV supports progressive scan and it didn't work.
You can also do press and hold triangle + X on playstation 2 boot logo so that it will switch to HD if the game supports HD feature
How is your system to pristine-looking? Any tips on restoration or maintaining that clean, brand new look?
The best-looking game at the time when the PS2 was and this is my personal favorite the bouncer. The graphics for that game was the best-looking game on the PS2. then came next Midnight Club one these were the two best looking game on the PS2 you can ask the see the potential that the PlayStation 2 had to offer when it comes to graphics with these two games but then after that the graphist got downgraded after these two games until I got my hands on Transformers on a PS2 and again you can see the power of the PS2 the graphics on that game was insane 10 out of 10 and then after these three games the graphics went downhill with the graphics after that but that just shows you that the PS2 had the potential to rival the Xbox when it came to graphics had they kept the graphics the same with all there games like with the three games I just mentioned.
You forgot to mention MGS 2 & 3. Not very Raiden of you..
The Bouncer was a beautiful game!
Goes to show why it's the goat and best ps of all time
My favorite console of all time!
It only seems to improve clarity but pixel counts seems to be the same. It's like the game it's doing the upscaling itself instead of leaving it to the TV set
That startup sound is so nostalgic I can almost smell it....no joke
I wouldn't say 1080i is "Full HD" but definitely an improvement. Didn't know anyone didnt know about the component option
Edit: yes it's HD but it's not FHD. Full HD doesnt mean it's fully HD it means it's 1080p. There's a difference from FHD and HD
it was considered full HD during the PS2 Era!
@@JohnGlasscock technically it's 1920x540 per frame. You could argue it's full HD at half refresh rate or you could argue its half HD at full refresh rate. Either way I've never liked interlaced but for the time this is the best they could do.
@@amamsurri5454 lol imagine finding something back in 02-03 at 1920x540 most ppl dont even know 1080i until 05-06
@@passerbeta2298 in 2001 the xbox had 1080i "The Xbox supports enhanced definition 480p output and high-definition output in 720p and 1080i with the addition of an official (High Definition AV Pack) or third-party component AV cable."
Mind you not a lot of games supported it but that's true for the PS2 as well. I own both. 1080i was inferior to 720p imo especially if your system was crap with deinterlacing
@@amamsurri5454 Ofcourse the xbox fanboys got a big mouth, GT4 has better graphics than Halo infinite.
Well that's amazing what's yall favorite PS2 games.
My is gta San Andreas
Manhunt
Black
1. MGS 3 Special Edition
2. Burnout 3
3. Timesplitters Future Perfect
Metal Gear Solid 2
That starting sounds rly brings the memories
1:36 lol that tripped me out for a split second. I have that exact tv with a ps2 hooked up to it as well. what are the chances lolol
Tourist Trophy was awesome and the PS2 is my favorite console also. That music at the beginning with the “PlayStation 2” logo tone. The shape of it is simple and resembles a car amplifier.
I knew about the RGB cords but didn't know what they were for though. This is cool
1:19 theme song was the best!! Took me to the time can’t go back! But they were great memories :)
You can rotate the ps logo depending on if you want it vertical or not
Thank you for releasing this educational video. I just bought Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of Superheroes. Can’t wait to try it out with this new way to play the games. I’m also going to try Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
Came for the humorous last name, stayed for the info lol
I thought this was going to be another one of those "Did you know you can rotate the logo on the PlayStation 2" videos.
You have successfully subverted my expectations.
I had no idea, and I also own everything you have shown. Thank you. I'm hooking it up later! 👍
I have a Sony Bravia, now I finally knows why it had a 1080i option
Thanks!
Its hard to tell with out a capture card and going off recording from a device also with switching normal and 1080 in different location / light source. Not sure if the jags you see in the 1080 look better or not, the zoom in doesn't help.
I was never able to get the component cables, so I used S-video for everything. nice and sharp for it's day, even at 480.
Hi can you do a video about what to do if music is not in customise
1:12 I know i'm not the only one who felt a little bit happier inside after hearing the start-up noise again
1080i on PS2 had a lot of interlacing issues compared to the original Xbox, it was still a cool feature
with Bravia's at the time - ( I had the rear projection types ( for darkened rooms - that lost definition on the screen :( even 39 inch screens weren't crisp back then )
Component cables for video and fiber optic for audio tapped into your 5.1 Dolby sound system was kick ass back in the day. Did that for the original Xbox and first revision of Gamecubes too. Sadly, there was no fiber optic output for the Gamecube though. And if you really wanted the best picture you would get Monster brand cables if available for that system which were the best at the time.
I had and used that cable to connect to a rare HD 27” CRT based TV. but never had any of those games.
Despite only a handful of games supporting 1080i HD resolutions, it is still highly recommend that you use component cables for your Playstation 2 nowadays simply because they make even standard definition games more clear. Not to mention that there are a plethora of Playstation 2 games that support 480p output which is a pretty big improvement over standard 480i, and this can only be enabled by using these cables. Some notable examples of 480p games on Playstation 2 include Burnout 2 (the very first game to support this feature) onwards, Guitar Hero II onwards, Rachet and Clank: Going Commando onwards, all Rock Band titles, Jak and Daxter II onwards, The Simpsons Hit and Run, both God of War games, and many more.
Off topic but those LCD Sony Bravia televisions are still amazing to this day
He says “remember when you used an av cable to hook up your ps2 to the tv?” I’m sitting here like “yes indeed I do, it was yesterday” lol
Duuuuude just hearing the old start up sound and the sound when the ps2 name comes on screen is pure nostalgia
found that component cables at least makes games look much nicer (crisp) on an SDTV that has component inputs (my old bubble tube 40" CRT), not in terms of resolution, but signal clarity. it's much nicer than s-vid.
Even though Spiderman 2 doesn't support it will doing this still at least somewhat increase its image quality?
"You probably remember plugging your ps2 with these cables"
Me: wait, you guys don't do that anymore?
Eyyyy 600000 subs… must be doing REALLY good with your Glasscock
* Ba-Dums *
(I know this joke has been done to death at this point, but no. I just stumbled upon your channel. I really enjoy it! Keep it up!)
What Sony Bravia Model is that? Which year is it from? Cause I'd like to see if I can find one from that make and year that supports that 1080i signal along with others for some Retro Gaming
btw the yellow red and white cables were not S-Video, they were composite video. S-Video was a similar connector like a PS2 moust/Keyboard connector
PS2 is still my favorite, that boxy design and startup sound.
There was a disc you could get that you could use to upscale non 1080i games to 1080
Would it upscale other games a little if you used those cables?
I remember seeing a video quite a while ago of somebody telling that you could rotate 90 degrees the ps logo on the disc drive.
The sound of the boot up is music to my ears and joy for my soul.
You forgot to include Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria to the list. Another game released in the US.
That game also outputs 1080i when using YpbPr component cables.
Many complain about still poor quality image, but if you used the official PS2 and later the gold plated PS3 component cables, the image is crisp and detailed.
FYI, what you called s video is composite video cables.
I never did like the idea of vertical consoles, it seems like it would put a lot more stress on the disc drive.
Those are composite video and audio cables, s-video is 5 pin mini din connector and has much better picture quality than composite.
Thanks John. Trying this now!
For some reason I thought you would have to go into the ps2 system settings and change it from YPbPr to RGB
Oh, I thought that one needed the VGA cables to fully use that feature.
"with these s video cables" holds up normal rca cables
I remember that cable , I bought it at circuit city back in the day