Is the Playstation 2 DVD player multi-region? (1 Viewer)

[Dean Kousoulas]

I was looking at my Playstation 2's main menu tonight, and when I got to the DVD part, it asked what region I was in. The default was of course America, but it also had about 7-8 other countries from around the world. Now I'm assuming that if I set it to China, that I can play DVD's from China's region correct? All I have are region 1 discs so I can't test it. Does anybody know for sure?

Dean

 

[Alex Spindler]

It probably operates much like a DVD-ROM drive, where it can play several regions and then locks down on one region after so many discs (like three or so).
*Edit*
Seems there is a third party disc you can buy that lets you use any region DVDs on your PS2.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...204938-9854232

 

[Dan Rudolph]

That menu is to select the language for the menus. It doesn't change the DVD region.