Hi Campbell - here's your answers and a good choice you've made:
how many wires does the origa have...?
15
Is it the best besides messiah...?
Yes - I've got both!
Which ver. of Region X to use to have no problems...?
PAL so that you can watch other region DVDs
Is Origa defenitly better than all Neo´s...?
In my opinion yes. NEO4 has 44 wires and won't play import originals which Origa does.
YEAH... Not to forget, using the Origa chip, do the games (CD) have to be patched in any way (also the EA games) ...?
No patches are necessary if you use CloneCD for CD games. Your reader/burner has to be 100% compatible, using RAW-DAO+96 (as specified at www.elby.de). DVD games copied by Nero or PrimoDVD don't need patching.
Hope that answers it all.