Sony may fix copy protection in mass PS2 recall.
'Sony may recall all PlayStation 2s shipped so far to stop the consoles being
used to play US DVD's.
A Sony representative said the manufacturer was considering recalling or
exchanging the one million PSX-2's in use, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese
company refused to say how much it would cost to fix the machines already shipped
Bcause of a glitch in the much-hyped PlayStation 2 this new version of the
console allows Region 1 DVD games to be played on the Region 2 device.
This breaks the global rules where DVDs are concerned, and could get Sony into
hot water with filmmakers over copyright infringement.

This is the second DVD-related problem found in the consoles. Sony has
received more than 1,000 complaints from users regarding a memory card fault
that can erase data or programs needed to play DVDs. Sony said it was
investigating both problems and expects to start making glitch-free disks next week
Meanwhile, another warning for all PlayStation 2 users in the UK. According to
games company sources, PlayStation 2s have been dying horrible deaths
because fuses in the consoles are not compatible with the transformer used for
the Japanese and US Dreamcasts.
fuse inside the console will blow up if you use this Transformer®

mmm, now we have exploding consols to contend with