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 is incomplete
- 1.00
- Has some bugs and allows to bypass DVD region code check (needs to be 60 Hz video though independently of the region code)
- 1.01
- 1.20
- 1.30
- 2.00
- 2.01
- 2.10
- 2.12
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.16
- 3.00
- 3.02
- 3.03
- 3.04
- 3.10
- 3.11
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 1.00 or 1.01, depending on the version of the utility disc, with later SCPH-10000 consoles as well as all SCPH-15000 consoles blocking installation of 1.00). These consoles did not have the DVD player preinstalled in ROM, unlike all later consoles.
- 2.01: PBPX-95206
- 2.10: PBPX-95207
- 2.12: PBPX-95221
- 2.14: PBPX-95222
- 2.16: PBPX-95224
- 3.00: PBPX-95228
- 3.04: PDPX-99109
NTSC-U (North America)
- 2.10: PBPX-95210
- 2.12: PBPX-95218
- 2.14: PBPX-95223
PAL (Europe)
- 2.10: PBPX-95208
- 2.14: PBPX-95219
PAL (Australia)
- 2.10: PBPX-95209
- 2.14: PBPX-95220