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I bought my ps2, plugged it in the tv and everything works fine. why do some people have problems?
If you are using the cable you got with your PS2, you are getting a crappy picture. You only get a really good picture with a scart cable, and that's where the green screen effect becomes a problem.
But if you're happy with the picture quality, why worry.
> Region X disables it. It also beats the green screen problem when
> using a scart cable. I don't know why some PS2 owners haven't bought
> this yet... it's essential in my view.
Region X disables green screen dvd playback. It enables a full RGB display when playing DVDs. However it doesn't disable macrovision. Macrovision is on the sync of the image. It basically makes the sync too poor to record but not so poor that a tv can't display it. However some tvs are macrovision sensitive and some videos are macrovision immune! To disable macrovision on a ps2 you need a dvd modchip or an external antimacrovision device. Macrovision is a bloody pain and who wants a naff vhs copy anyway when a dvd is broadcast quality. Macrovision is nothing but a nuisance and has created a pirate market for dvds because if you import dvds from china they are macrovision free. Also many tvs suffer from slight brightness variations when playing back dvds thanks to macrovision. Some 100hz tvs can be especially sensitive to macrovision especially when your watching a film and there are big explosions in the action scenes.