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"Region X, Official Remote, and lip-sync - ssxpro please read!"

Okay, I know I could have mailed this to ssxpro - he's asked about it in the past - but I thought I'd post it here for everyone else too.

I watched a DVD on my PS2 last night for the first time since watching The Matrix on it last November. The reason being that I have a dedicated DVD player.

Anyway, I borrowed the Region 1 version of Natural Born Killers from a friend (FatButcher), and so had to watch it on my PS2.

So... I was using both Region X and the official 2.10 drivers supplied with the remote. And it worked perfectly well. No compatability problems and, more importantly, no lip-sync problems at all in 2 hours of movie. No need to access the self-diagnostic mode, no need to pause and restart, and picture quality that was pretty close to my £750 dedicated player.

Hope that answers all of your questions! :-)

You can really notice the lipsync in The Phantom Menace - I have Reigon X, should I try that?

So, let me get this straight...the DVD region x allows you to play any DVD, AND use an RGB SCART cable with no green screen? Bargain!

Now how much was that "Official" DVD remote thingy again.....:-)

Wookiee, as you have the latest PSM2, you`ve probably seen the "50 things you should know about your PS2" and the "Christmas shopping" features. Its given me the idea that I could use the same scart cable as they do. Its called the "Blaze ultimate scart cable" and has all the RGB stuff, as well as a plain composite option that you can change to with the flick of a switch. This means RGB for games, and normal composite for DVDs, without having to change over the cables every time you want to watch a DVD. It also has the seperate audio connections for use with hi-fis/speakers etc..

How does that sound?

To be fiar, I never had any problems with the Matrix either........

ssxpro wrote:
> On the lip-sync though, it could just be your console
> that doesn`t have any problems

Very true - as I've said before, I never had any problems with my Matrix disc even usnig the built-in 1.20E driver.

But back then I wasn't really looking for it - so there is a chance that it could have been *marginally* out of sync but not noticable. But it was subject to intense scrutiny last night, and was perfect!

Damn Dirty Piddle Stained Notables, no respect for their Pinkie electives......

Anyways, I watched Gone in Sixty Seconds, R1, with the DVD Region X, RGB Scart, and it had no lip synch problems, the guy just spoke before his mouth moved........

:D

Bonus wrote:
> Does it play VCDs yet??

> Or even better PSOne games???

> How about Dreamcast games??



Bonus...

...shut the hell up! :-)

yeah but like PC's it takes a few seconds for the data to wipe, the new driver sorts it all anyway ;-)

Don`t you have to press reset after using a game anyway?

I've recently discovered another solution for the lip-sync, Ok the version 2 driver seems to work fine I actually watched a dvd last night and couldn't spot a thing but apparantly if your having problems the trick is to put the dvd disc in, reset the console and play it from scratch because it flushes out all the data from the V-RAM from games etc and allows the DVD to be played fluently. I read that in offical PS2 magazine but the V2 DVD driver seems to work perfectly :-)