PSX. Old and expensive.

   Last January 2013, Sony announced the discontinuation of the PlayStation 2 console. Finally closing the sixth generation of video game consoles. During the lifespan of PS2, there is a home appliance that had a PlayStation capabilities, they called it "PSX".

  "PSX" or the PlayStation X is multimedia device equipped with PlayStation 2's hardware, were you play music, watch videos, internet, watch and record footages directly from your Television screens. However, this home appliance is too expensive and a few units were sold in Japan and never make it outside the region. Also, the first Sony device to have the XMB (Xross Media Bar) interface.

                                                         (PSX DESR-5100)


   The PSX I have is a used DESR-5100 with 160GB of HDD. Fortunately, I managed to grab a good working unit. Although I bought it without the bundled remote controller, PS2 Dualshock 2 controller can be use to navigate the system. The first thing I did is to install the HDD games that I have such as the beatmaniaIIDX 5th style and GITADORA! GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX. This recent week, I asked my friend to come over to help me format the console. After the resetting and formatting the console, he plugged the Ethernet and surprisingly, the Sony PlayStation 2 server is still up, but the contents is already outdated for almost 5 years.

   This multimedia console becomes very rare and still expensive today. It cost around more than $400.00 in Ebay, more expensive than the current PlayStation 3 system. For some it's a waste of money for buying an old system but for some game collector's it's worth it.