nightrnr wrote:Anyway, I had a handful of PS1 systems (bad drives/untested) from a lot I bought before PSIO came out. And then my regular 5501 stopped reading games reliably late FFIX playthrough (and a delicate clean of the lens made it worse).
My first PS1 was a 5501. It always worked fine, but when I was playing through FF7 it couldn't read the second disc at all. It read the first disc fine, and every other PS1 game I had at the time. So after that I got a chipped 7501 from SnowKitty. I got my 1001 in a lot of stuff, and the disc drive never worked for me. I picked up another 7501 because I thought I would use it for my retail discs and use my chipped 7501 exclusively for burns, to sort of spread the wear and tear out across them lol.
nightrnr wrote:I used a 1001 system for the PSIO (the separate audio/video ports are a nice option), but looking back, I maybe should've used a 7xxx model on that.
I still have high hopes for better functionality and more for PSIO.
Well the cool thing about the PSIO is that you really can use it on multiple consoles. You can buy the "switch board" for just a couple of bucks and install them in all of your PS1s. Then the PSIO can just be plugged into whatever console you want to use it on. That's what I really like about it, and the Satiator for that matter.
nightrnr wrote:On another note, Saturn systems are getting damn pricey these days (used to be able to pick one up for under $30).
With all the ODE options for it, demand is way up.
Yeah, it's great that ODEs are bringing a lot of consoles back from the dead. But unfortunately for something like the Saturn that didn't sell well, now the price is gonna go up. Also, the ODEs for the Saturn are pretty easy to install and don't require soldering. So that allows more people to be able to install it themselves.
