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-5XXXX consoles
- 3.02J/U/A/E/K/G/D/C - Released with I-chassis (GH-026) SCPH-5XXXX consoles
- 3.03J/E
- 3.04J/M
- 3.10J/U/A/E/G/D/M - This version is found preinstalled in K-chassis slim consoles (SCPH-70XXX)
- 3.11J/U/A/E/G/D/M - This version is found preinstalled from L-chassis slim consoles (SCPH-75XXX) 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