I aldo posted this in the DVD Sewer, but I thought I should post it here also.
When the PS2 first came out in Japan, it was revealed that it could play any regionally encoded dvd. Well since the discovery Sony has updated the PS2's dvd drivers to prevent this, but according to The Register, there is a way around the new drivers. Here's the scoop:
Poor old Sony. A Register reader informs us that there is now apparently a 100 per cent foolproof way of loading Region 1 DVDs, even after the latest batch of drivers, designed to prevent this, have been loaded.
"Load the DVD into the PlayStation 2. At the browser screen, select the CD icon then press and hold square and then circle until the DVD menu appears, holding both buttons all the time.
Then there are two ways to play the movie; you can either select the play icon or the movie start icon which is in the middle to the far left. If one doesn't work the other one will."
Hopefully this trick will work when the PS2 hits the U.S.
When the PS2 first came out in Japan, it was revealed that it could play any regionally encoded dvd. Well since the discovery Sony has updated the PS2's dvd drivers to prevent this, but according to The Register, there is a way around the new drivers. Here's the scoop:
Poor old Sony. A Register reader informs us that there is now apparently a 100 per cent foolproof way of loading Region 1 DVDs, even after the latest batch of drivers, designed to prevent this, have been loaded.
"Load the DVD into the PlayStation 2. At the browser screen, select the CD icon then press and hold square and then circle until the DVD menu appears, holding both buttons all the time.
Then there are two ways to play the movie; you can either select the play icon or the movie start icon which is in the middle to the far left. If one doesn't work the other one will."
Hopefully this trick will work when the PS2 hits the U.S.
