Ever gotten those annoying Disc Read Error messages on your Playstation 2? If you have, I’ll bet the first time you saw one was on the 31st day you’ve had it ...

My PlayStation 2 has been having issues reading discs. After taking the damn thing apart, I discovered that the disc tends to slip during spin-up, which makes some pretty terrifying noises (but does ...

We're calling this a semi-fix because not everybody has their television set up like I do (in Athens, not at home... this one rocks out with HDMI and such). A while back, we did a short investigation ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

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