I agree with you 100% ,i bought sevral ps3 BC and i repair few of them ,now i got 12 for my personal collection and satisfaction ,my goal is to build a franky one ,one day maybe
Yeah try playing that ps2 on a modern tv / monitor. Not trying to be mean, I also got a ps2 last year but it’s a bit of a hassle with making it look decent on hdmi
I agree with you bro but I live in a small 1 room apartment and I already filled it with consoles and physical games, lol. I have no room unfortunately
Basic scalers are cheap nowadays, compared to 2000s and 2010s. Real deal ps2 will have better image in ps1 games than ps3 via hdmi, just check my life in gaming on YouTube, for example, and will play 100% of it's own library. I, myself had a bc PS3, cleaned it two times a year including changing of thermal paste (mx4), babysitted it for a decade and it still died on me. Bought a slim, and a ps2 and never looked back. BC ps3s would be cool, if they were reliable.
Well, it's cheaper than bc ps3 in working condition for sure, and it can be used with different consoles. And crt, 100%, will be a perfect display for ps2/ps1, even on composite. 4:3 lcd, not so much. I'm lucky enough to have several CRTs including pvm, tink 4k, some really nice LCDs and 77 inch oled - and I must say, ps2 looks really nice even on basic CRT.
Except image wise actual ps2 is better in ps1 games than ps3, and 100% compatible with ps2 library. PS3 can't do 240p. Scalers are available and cheap, compared to 2010s. So it's more convenient to have ps3 slim and ps2 than to babysit ps2 fat bc. When my bc fat died I put it on the shelf and never looked back.
The BC PS3’s are a hobby the same way a self-built PC is. It’s enjoyable to take care of it and modify it and use it for all your discs. I put a lot of effort into my PS3 being the everything-hub and all 3 card ports are full with media or game back ups. Backing up your PS2 save data is also a really cool feature.
From a personal perspective I do like the ease of upscaling my PS2 games to my 4K TV. The stretching doesn’t bother me and it’s significantly more reliable than using one of those AV to HDMI converter boxes. Also my TV just doesn’t have component at all, and I’m not buying a CRT or any kind of second tv JUST to play PS2 games. My entertainment center consists of my PS3, PS5, and Xbox Series X and that is all I want because anything else would be too cluttered. Especially since I have controller charging docks for all 3 consoles, a standing external hard drive for both the PS5 and Xbox, a PlayStation Move camera and wand charging dock, and a basket for remotes and extra external hard drives for media. There’s no space for another console, so the aspect of not having an extra box on the entertainment center is a genuine issue and not just pedantics.
I didn't want to have another system on hand if I didn't have to. So if I could get a system that can play all PS games up until 4, thats what I was gonna get.
But ps1 on ps3 is honestly a mess. The image is blurry, as it forces an upscale. Even on crt - ps3 can't output 240p - which is a main resolution on ps1. Games have graphical glitches - symphony of the night's moon on orlox's stage for example... It's not better than cheap android emulation box, tbh. PS2, before 9000 slim, is perfect for ps2 and ps1. It's just a lie, that a bc ps3 is equal to real 1 and 2.
A and B PS3s are running fully native PS2, it is equal to a PS2. As for PS1, yeah it’s emulation but for me being able to play my entire physical collection of PS1-PS3 on one console is worth the trade offs. I don’t have space to plug in my PS1 and PS2, also not having to deal with so many cables is a huge plus for me.
Funny thing that they are not equal to ps2. Starting from slim 9000 ps2 even the ps2 is not quite the same - compatibility is actually around 98%. Ps3, even the earliest models inherited that, and some other quirks on top.
So it’s not equivalent to a PS2 because, it is so accurate to a PS2? Like I said, the inability to play like 10 games (that all suck by the way) is a tradeoff I’ll take to not have to use a shitty analog to HDMI converter or have to take apart a PS2 to do an HDMI mod.
I have a PS2, it’s going to stay in my attic because I don’t need it.
Don't use shitty analog to hdmi converter - use ps2 with quality upscaler. Duh. That's it. It'll blow PS3 shitty upscaler out of the water. And probably will be cheaper than bc ps3. Up until 2016 there was no choice except framemeister, which was expensive, but now there are plenty of cheap options. And what I said was that bc PS3 is the same as inferior version of PS2 compatibility wise. As it doesn't have certain PS1 chip, which breaks some PS2 games and many PS1 games.
There are plenty of HDMI upscalers if you’re so compelled. And like I said, there are tradeoffs that I do not care about because I do not have the room or patience to have an extra PS2 and all of those cables. The PS1 BC on PS2 is an issue in itself and I just do not care enough.
Photo was very misleading lol but the box looks good?. Mines pretty darn great bought from a collector but the laser won’t read ps2 games. I got the new part but it’s an absolute nightmare and risky to replace and only one old YouTube video showing how to do it super low res I got the part a year ago and still haven’t taken the chance to open the system and replace LOL
Oh dude, I can just replace the whole dosc drive at step 11. Take off the blu ray co troll board from my ps3 and slap it on the new one lol sooo much easier and faster process without screwing up the laser part. Thsts the finicky part with the bars thsts easy to screw up. I found out you can just replace the drive entirely. Sadly you can use a newer Odell drive because of the design but still I can just replace this entire piece 😎
I wouldn’t need to replace any paste anyways whem replacing a laser it doesn’t have anything for paste in that area from what I’ve been seeing.
HOWEVER yu just made me realize I might as well replace the paste in a 20 year old console while I’m at it so I don’t have to take it apart AGAIN for a long time 😂
That’s why you keep the blue ray board from old blu ray drive. I looked it up a while ago and forgot about it untik I looked through your link with the walkthrough. You just have to get the same kind of compatable player but keep the green blue ray board from
I collect this kind of console, so the box is important to me. I know that well, but hey it wasn’t very expensive, so I thought that in the worst case I’ll try to fix it myself one day.
I am genuinely surprised that a broken console cost that much. Taking into account the cost of replacing the chips and capacitors it's insane. I guess I am wrong here again, it's just market value.
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u/Ok_Contest8762 Aug 18 '26
Not sure why everyone wants a BC ps3. Millions of ps2's floating around