[fenston1]

Well, I finally found the culprit. Reading through other threads, I've found that the AR has similar symptoms to the GS... GameShark v1.9 isn't good enough it seems... It won't recognize in my PS2 as a valid disc, but GSv2.01 won't boot up the way the NEO2.5 instructions claim to work... Looking around and making some new contacts, I've acquired a GSv1.93, which should be the answer to all of my DVDr prayers. (Everything else still works perfectly... CDRs: PSX and PS2, and Originals: PSX, PS2 CD and PS2 DVD.) Lots 'o annoying trial and error, Sony protected themselves well this time around! (lol)