what about poor old dusty
yes its well worth doing
the ps2 handles dvd rips very well same as cd based game some takes bit longer to load but this natural as it takes longer read info from a cd(r) then a dvd(r)
loading dvdr with neo is were problem is,u do a swap from origanal dvd to a backup this were the problem lays the ps2 not know u have swapped and the laser is still set to read the origanal not a dvdr
yes messiah will preserve your laser (well it wont hurt it likes neo it runs at 3.3v not 5 like neo,no swapping so laser is always set to read what it has to ,your laser will wear still but only same as if it was normal ps2