Sony's "Disc Read Errors" Finally Catch Up With Them!

[xtsubarublazin]

I got this email today:

An Important Notice from the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo, United States and from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Canada, About a Class Action Settlement Involving the PS2



IF YOU OWN A PS2, YOU COULD GET BENEFITS FROM THE SETTLEMENT.



A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the performance of the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system ("PS2"). You may be a member of the Class whose rights may be affected by this lawsuit. The sole purpose of this notice is to inform you of the lawsuit so that you may decide what steps to take in relation to it.

If the settlement is approved, Class Members who complete and return a Claim Form, on or before February 16, 2006, may be eligible to receive settlement benefits. The claim form may be accessed at www.PS2Settlement.com or obtained from the PS2 Settlement Administrator, c/o Rust Consulting, Inc., PO Box 1784, Faribault MN 55021-1784.

Whether you are entitled to benefits will depend upon which subclass you are in. You may also choose to exclude yourself from the settlement. There are deadlines associated with the choices you may make regarding the settlement, and the last day to submit completed claim forms, to object to the settlement or to opt out is February 16, 2006. More information describing your rights under the settlement, as well as instructions for filing a claim may be accessed by contacting the Settlement Administrator. To contact the Settlement Administrator, please access the website at www.PS2Settlement.com, call toll-free 1-800-352-5331, or write PS2 Settlement Administrator, c/o Rust Consulting, Inc., PO Box 1784, Faribault MN 55021-1784.

Pour accéder au site Web du Règlement, cliquez sur le lien suivant: www.PS2Settlement.com.

I have had this "disc read error" problem, and may be eligable to receive a free PS2 game. Maybe I'll get D: PL? :up:

[Sedans_is_back]

My PS2 did that at somepoint too.:weird: If your case was the same as mine, your ps2's screwed.

[#1theman]

huh that never happened to me. But my does strach the disk up but i'm still able to use it and it reads it.

[fastdriver]

its says "disc read error" before a game starts?
but it always says that to me when i try to play an mp3 cd

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
I got this email today:


I have had this "disc read error" problem, and may be eligable to receive a free PS2 game. Maybe I'll get D: PL? :up:

I doubt they'd let you get a new game. (You'd probably have to choose from a crappy list of old games) :(

[Canadian dude]

Guess what, I've replaced Vice City 4 Times Now, and SA once. I think I'll join this:sour: :cry: :eek:

[PSgamer262]

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. What the hell? I almost think it's a joke...

Some PS2s have disc read errors so Sony gets sued? Is there something I'm not understanding here?

[xtsubarublazin]

"Is there something I'm not understanding here?"

Apparently. This isn't just "some" PS2s malfunctioning, this is a class action law suit because tens of [if not hundreds of] thousands of customers have complained about the same thing. I'm all for it, I had to take my POS in twice, and it still malfunctions occasionally.

[TimeLine]

It hasnt happend with my current ps2 (altho my first 1 broke down just by sitting in front of my tv...). But before I got my first ps2, I rented 2 of em' from hastings to just play a few games to try it out...both of them gave me the "Error" message with every game.

[matt__jon]

Its happened to me, and everyone, so they're not gonna give you anything. The fact that someone could actually get a lawsuit over this just proves the stupidity of the legal system. You can sue for getting hit by a baseball at a baseball game. What a great world. Maybe I'll get sued for farting indoors next, I'll have to pay the victim $5mil for damages

[albrozdud3]

I started getting DREs about a year after purchasing my PS2, and after spraying some Dust Off! cleaner into the console, it worked fine.

I checked my model number, and I'm eligible for the "free game". :confused:

[john cena]

I cleaned the dust off too, but quite francally it still seems to happen. I don't know what's wrong with my ps2.

[xtsubarublazin]

As did I, but to no avail. I actually sent my PS2 to Sony for a free repair, but it still acts up :confused:

[john cena]

I did that too, but after a while it keeps showing up. It seems to me like there's no stoping this thing, but hopefully the ps3 won't experience the problems as the ps2 did.

[matt__jon]

All you can do is take the CD out, blow on it or wipe it with your shirt, thats what I do, usually works the first time, otherwise I just get really pissed at the console and hope it eventually works, I think it does usually work though, even after a few times. I may have gave up once because I couldn't get it to read the disc. I can't believe theres a law suit over it, but as I said, legal system these days. I also didn't read up on the lawsuit so I don't know how serious it is, too lazy.

[#1theman]

lazy haha. But seriously I cant get any thing from that lawsuiut :cry: :cry: :cry: Because of the model and serial #. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[carlover325]

I have a PS2 that is described in the settlement, I have a 39001. I have never had any major problems with "Disc Read Error" messages. It has only happened a few times, and only with my GameShark disc. I have had my PS2 for over 2 years now, and never been disappointed with it's performance. Maybe I'm just a lucky person who got a good PS2.

[Sedans_is_back]

When I got those messages, I thoght that I should clean it up, dust it, ect; Then NO games would play on it so I brought it in at "compUSA" And they told me it was screwed. I bought another and I hadn't had the problem since.:up:

[PSgamer262]

Originally posted by carlover325
I have a PS2 that is described in the settlement, I have a 39001. I have never had any major problems with "Disc Read Error" messages. It has only happened a few times, and only with my GameShark disc. I have had my PS2 for over 2 years now, and never been disappointed with it's performance. Maybe I'm just a lucky person who got a good PS2.

See, how can they sue just because a large number of PS2s have frequent errors? They could sue if every single one of those versions with those numbers didn't work correctly, but it's evidence here that that's obviously not true.

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by PSgamer262
See, how can they sue just because a large number of PS2s have frequent errors?

I believe because they are insinuating Sony intentionally produced defective PS2s with the intent of repairing the defects to make profits.

Originally posted by matt__jon
I also didn't read up on the lawsuit so I don't know how serious it is, too lazy.

Then what are you arguing for? :confused:

[john cena]

I think that the best solution is to buy a ps3 rather than buying another ps2 and having to pray so that you don't pick the wrong ps3. I hope that the ps3 won't experience this problem otherwise it will mean bad for me.

[matt__jon]

My PS2 has worked just fine so far, knock on wood. It even plays D3 fairly smoothly almost all the time.

I'm arguing for free love man. Free Love!!! You're just trying to oppress us. Help, I'm being repressed! Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by matt__jon


I'm arguing for free love man. Free Love!!! You're just trying to oppress us. Help, I'm being repressed! Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

Seriously, dude, what happened to the matt__jon all the n00bs looked up to? Apparently it IS possible to get less mature. :bulb:

[PsychoMantis]

I'm not eligible because mine didn't break fast enough, I didn't take it in to get it repaired or even try, and I opened mine. :D

[matt__jon]

I hope that was a joke. Can't tell if the smiley was put because it was sarcastic or trying to make me less angry. You wouldn't like me when I was angry.

Besides, half of what I said was a quote from Monty Python.

[xtsubarublazin]

It wasn't a joke, but it also wasn't there to "make you angry" or put you down in any way. I'm simply pointing out that I've noticed you acting less mature on the forums than I remember.

[matt__jon]

Oh, well thats ok. Was I ever mature?

[JAV_Swedish]

Dunno.
But you were almost spamming in the Driver2 forum when you were younger.
spamming, in this case meaning posting a LOT :)
You did NOT post crap posts so you know.

[matt__jon]

yea, I did post a lot. then I went to college, and didn't come much in a while. i'm only here cause i have nothing better to do.

[JAV_Swedish]

Well, I am not much here either.
But it is still quite nice to visit these forums :)

[john cena]

My cousin Paul found a website last sunday that tells you all the steps how to get rid of disc read errors. Here's the site. http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars