DVD Player

While the PS2 has a DVD Player in it's ROM (except SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000 consoles, see Utility Disc), the PS2 is also capable of loading newer versions of the DVD Player that have been installed to a memory card. To install these updates to a memory card, several official update discs have been released by Sony.

Versions

This list might be incomplete

• 1.00J - Has some bugs and allows to bypass DVD region code check (needs to be 60 Hz video though independently of the region code)
• 1.01J - Fixed some bugs
• 1.10U
• 1.20U/A/E - This version is found preinstalled in late B-chassis as well as C-chassis consoles
• 1.30U/A/E - This version is found preinstalled in early western D-chassis consoles
• 2.00J - This version is found preinstalled in SCPH-18000 consoles (both, A+ and AB chassis)
• 2.01J
• 2.02J
• 2.10J/U/A/E - This version is found preinstalled in late D-chassis as well as in F-chassis consoles
• 2.12J/U/K/G - This version is found preinstalled in early G-chassis consoles
• 2.13A/E - This version is found preinstalled in late G-chassis consoles
• 2.14J/U/A/E
• 2.15K/G
• 2.16J/D
• 3.00J/U/A/E - Released with H-chassis (GH-023) SCPH-5000X consoles
• 3.02J/U/A/E/K/G/D/C - Released with I-chassis (GH-026) SCPH-5000X consoles
• 3.03J/E
• 3.04J/M
• 3.10J/U/A/E/G/D/M - This version is found preinstalled from K-chassis slim consoles (SCPH-70XXX) onwards
• 3.11J/U/A/E/G/D/M - This version is found preinstalled from M-chassis slim consoles (SCPH-77XXX) onwards

Update Discs

The following DVD Player update discs have been released:

NTSC-J (Japan/Asia)

Note: For SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000 consoles, the Utility Disc was originally used to install the DVD player (either version 1.00J or 1.01J, depending on the version of the utility disc, with later SCPH-10000 consoles as well as all SCPH-15000 consoles blocking installation of 1.00J). These consoles did not have the DVD player preinstalled in ROM, unlike all later consoles.

• 2.01J: PBPX-95206
• 2.10J: PBPX-95207
• 2.12J: PBPX-95221
• 2.14J: PBPX-95222
• 2.16J: PBPX-95224
• 3.00J: PBPX-95228
• 3.04J: PDPX-99109

NTSC-U (North America)

• 2.10U: PBPX-95210
• 2.12U: PBPX-95218
• 2.14U: PBPX-95223

PAL (Europe)

• 2.10E: PBPX-95208
• 2.14E: PBPX-95219

PAL (Australia)

• 2.10A: PBPX-95209
• 2.14A: PBPX-95220