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This is a little confusing. If the V4/1C with origa can only play import originals with a swap then how does is manage to read a GS - I assume then that it can only read the US GS/AR2 and not any GS (like an origa can do on other Version NTCS PS2s. i.e. read the PAL AR2 and US)

At present I'm making a toss up at either getting your US messiah lite which will cost me more than an Origa + GS (NZ $ is weak to Pound).

Q) The M. Lite chip brochure says no multi-region dvd playback. Does this mean your PS2 will only be able to play US zone 1 dvds without a GS/AR2 added?
While origa in a V4 ntcs 1C is able to play all region with GS/AR2?(apart from ofcourse the PAL movies.)