Elizabeth, I too have a chipped (Jap) NTSC PS2. I bought the modchip on the pre-advertised basis thatit would play PAL and NTSC backups as well as Jap NTSC originals. And that's exactly what the PS2 is doing. The copy route is not too daunting, all info is on this forum or in www.megagames.com :

a) Obtain CDR-Win from the web and some high quality CD-Rs to receive the copies
b) Obtain the FARGO or Universal PPF Patcher from www.megagames.com
c) Look up www.megagames.com for patch info about each PAL game u wish to copy
d) Copy the PAL game to a staging file on hard disk (.bin)
e) Apply the relevant (if any needed) PPF patch to the .bin file
f) Burn the patched file onto the blank CD-R

As to the DVD games, we'll just have to wait for the DVDR-WIN the program to come along - as I'm sure it will.