1) Not everyone trust online shopping. [Some people are still afraid of planes, and they have reason to be]
2) The man simply didn't know about the HDD's of the 2 consoles and for a second was interested in one until he learned about how much it would cost him in general and if it was all worth it for him. For this you would have to remember this:
"You and the OP are 2 different people!!" What sound good to you may not be the same to some one else.
3) From what I read early in this thread he seemed to have made up his mind that he doesn't want to buy the other console, and asked about a different one... so I don't know why people bothered posting about "this cost that now, this price was changed, it will only cost this much in total if you buy it here using that." If you don't want to just help him with his question then leave the thread alone!!!!
Now as for what the OP asked, not sure what you can do about ps2 upscaling, I would just go with getting a BC ps3 and use it's upscaling capabilities. From what I understand getting a device that can upscale a ps2 systems seems pricey.
4 ≈ One
