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This is less of a "design change" as a "design flaw", and you can bet that Sony would never dream of shipping stuff without AR panels...
Yeah, and sony never make mistakes with shipping stuff with design flaws...
I heard that the DVD playback on the Japanese PS2 was so bad that the usa and euro versions are having a dedicated decoder chip added... (Mind you, this is from the register, so might be a false rumour)
Think the people with the Japanese ps2's will get free upgrades?
Jazz
(List 112, Mk2 12 gig #40. Mk1 4 gig #30. Mk3 1.6 16v)