Since it's already 3 years old,my PS2 is well beyond warranty anyway...

While at Tar-zhay yesterday,I nearly bought a PS2 Gameshark just for the feature that disables the console's DVD region coding feature,and might still do so.Not only will some anime never make it here,acquiring region 2 discs may be the only way to watch certain "Americanized" anime(Pocket Monsters,Digimon Adventure,Beyblade,etc.)in their uncut Japanese glory...