Can't speak out for everyone I know who uses Android, having used Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus on ICS, stock looks beautiful and consistent. With newer phones and ICS, the reason I like stock is because of the consistency of the UI, compared to...say Sense 4.0 on HTC One X.
For older phones running...
Yep. I received my Intel X25-M G2 and the sticker had the latest firmware. Just to test I created a bootable ISO with the firmware update. It gave me a message stating that the drive already has the latest firmware.
You need to change a setting on your PS2. Got the same issue before as well. A certain setting needs to be changed to RGB or the opposite. Honestly, I forgot this already since this was ages ago. What you can do is connect using the composite, change settings then connect the component...