Genius or madness? Or both?

[kellinator]

alison_says has introduced me to Dance Dance Revolution, and while I suck at it, I thought it was a lot of fun. Which for me is saying something, because I hate to exercise. Really. I get on the exercise bike and within five minutes I'm bored and tired. I know it's a lot to spend for a system and all (I'm thinking probably PS2, though I haven't ruled out XBox), but when you compare it to the cost of a gym membership or an elliptical trainer, it's not so bad. Of course, if you don't use your elliptical trainer then you'll probably just hang clothes on it, whereas with a game system you could play other games too. I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing.

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And by the way, if you're selling a system, email me.

EDIT: missakins pointed out that I could play it on the PS1 as well. Maybe I should go that route; it's cheaper. Any opinions?

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[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Seconded, although I can't play most commercial DVDs on my PS2, because it gets this annoying scrolling darkening line.

Anyway, with a PS2 you can play PS1 games (cheap!) and PS2 games. I buy nearly all my games used--I think Katamari Damacy was the one exception, and hell, it's so much fun it practically justifies a PS2 on its own.

we plan to buy DDR and pads after we move, assuming I can find a pad that will accomodate my Enormous Feet.

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[tall-man.livejournal.com]

Do you have your PS2 signal going through something before it gets to the TV? A VCR, perhaps, or cable box? Most commercial DVD's are recorded with Macrovision copy protection, which does just that when there's another device between the video source and the TV. If this is the case, try plugging the PS2's RCA outputs directly into the TV.

There are also inline add-on units that will remove the Macrovision signal from the video signal, and voila, clear pictures again. This is useful if your TV doesn't have RCA-in jacks.

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[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, apparently my husband knew all this but no one had told me. *G* We would need one of the widgets, apparently. Although hopefully we'll get a new TV soon--this one is the size of a computer monitor, really, and I can't read PS2 RPG menus on it sometimes. :p

Thanks for the info!

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[polychromatic22.livejournal.com]

RF modulator.
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