To play a region 1 DVD on a European PS2, you will need a "DVD Region X" peripheral. These can be bought from any good video games shop.

Yes. Kaleidescape Players and Readers are only able to read Region 1 DVDs as shipped. The installer can use the Web Utility to set these components to any other region, but it is not possible to set them to be region-free, and you can only change the region of a given component up to four times. These restrictions are dictated by Kaleidescape's CSS License Agreement with the DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. You can have multiple Players and Readers in the same System set to different regions. See similar questions...

You need to be able to either change the Regional Code on your player or switch it be become 'multi-region'. If you own a PC, you can easily download software that allows you to switch between Regions. If you own a stand-alone player, it is can be slightly more difficult. Many players can be 'hacked', usually by pressing a sequence of buttons on the remote and there are many websites that list such hacks. If your player can't be hacked then you can get it chipped or modified. See similar questions...

If a DVD is not recognized, you can enter the information yourself using the Web Utility. If this DVD is later recognized by the Kaleidescape Movie Guide Service, then the Kaleidescape information will overwrite the information you entered. Once a DVD is recognized by the Movie Guide Service, you can however edit any of the information about the DVD- for example, you can assign a different parental control rating. See similar questions...

Right now, yes. It's on a trial basis and we don't expect to decide against them unless there is a problem. Handhelds are probably better to pass the time with if needed, though. See similar questions...

DVDs are region protected, which means that players in Region 1 (US/Canada) can't play DVDs from other regions (Japan, Europe, etc). This concept is similar to the region protection on the Sony PlayStation. The Hollywood Plus software allows you to change the region code of your Hollywood Plus up to 5 times, before the region code can no longer be changed and requires the board to be sent in for resetting. See similar questions...

These were due to be released on 9th January 2001 but have been postponed indefinitely due to unforseen problems with the series' syndication rights in America. See similar questions...

DVDs are categorized into 8 regions dependent upon geographic location with the last two regions reserved for special applications. Onkyo DVD players sold in the United States can only play back region 1 DVDs or ??all region?? DVDs that are not region specific. The following list is a breakdown by region. Region 1 United States, Canada and the U.S. See similar questions...

Use Ctrl+Alt+Fn to switch back to a virtual console. Ctrl+Alt+F1 would return you to the first virtual console. To return to the X session, you must switch to the virtual console running X. If you invoked X from the command line, (e.g., using startx) then the X session will attach to the next unused virtual console, not the text console from which it was invoked. If you have eight active virtual terminals then X will be running on the ninth, and you would use Alt+F9 to return. See similar questions...

We use DirectShow to play back DVDs, which has an additional region code maintained by Windows that needs to be set correctly. See similar questions...

Region 1 discs are discs that are designed to be played within the areas designated to this particular Region. Region 1 is designated to the USA and Canada. You will need a Multi-Region compatible DVD player to view Region 1 discs outside of the USA and Canada. Please click on the 'DVD Region Coding' link within the 'About Us' box in the left hand column for full information about Region Coding. See similar questions...

You can only play a region 1 DVD on a region 1 or multi-region DVD player. Most DVD players sold in UK high-street shops are set to region 2. However, it is possible to modify your player to be able to player region 1 DVDs. Also, there are an increasing number of players sold that are already multi-region. See similar questions...

Did you bother to read what hushypushy wrote just above your post? And the answer to your question would be "yes." He's not just "trying" either ("trying" sorta has a "no success so far" connotation) -- he can boot into at least one PS2 game from his private build. See similar questions...

All of the DVDs on our site are formatted as Region 1. Therefore, if you live outside of North America, you will need a multiregion DVD player in order to watch the DVDs. See similar questions...

To play DVDs in Windows Media Player (version 9, 10 or 11) you need a MPEG-2 decoder that is capable of decoding DVD video and is also compatible with WMP. The K-Lite Codec Pack contains a compatible decoder. Some examples of compatible decoders are: Cyberlink, DScaler5, InterVideo, MainConcept and nVidia PureVideo. There are two types of MPEG video, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. The most common one of these two that is used in .mpg/.mpeg files is MPEG-1. See similar questions...

Since your DVD software is not preinstalled, you must insert the Power DVD disc and follow the installation instructions. For more details on how to load the disc, please refer to the Getting Started Guide included with your system. See similar questions...

If your computer has a DVD drive and the right software you can play the DVD right on your computer screen. See similar questions...