CNET reviews the Xploder PS2 HDTV player

Were you thinking that you could put off purchasing one of the spiffy HD DVD or Blu-ray players by recycling your old PS2 player with Xploder's PS2 HDTV player? Think again. According to CNET, the piece of software comes with a nice component cable but besides that, it doesn't do much. Sure, it outputs a high-def resolution but that doesn't alone make a HD picture HD. All this earned the player a terrible 2.7 out of 10 proving that if you want quality HD playback from your PS2, you ain't going to get it. Pony up and get an up-conversion DVD player or a next gen-player if you want the real thing.

UPDATE: Link fixed

[4ham Posted Mar 21st 2007 4:25PM]

Can we get a link to the actual CNET article?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 21st 2007 9:10PM]

The problem is this - the device does no actual upconversion. All it does is force the PS2 to output at whatever resolution you select, and it can't just expand the picture for 720p/1080i modes...hope your TV has a good zoom function for HD modes. At worst, it's worth it for outputting in 480p, but I'm not so sure if you'd really want to unless you're completely anal about that sort of thing. I am.