All set with a premod ps2?

[NBAJ2K1]

I'm about to probably buy a Premoded PS2 with the Messiah 2 Pro chip installed.

Should I be all set to pretty much copy whatever game to a dvdr and have it play in there as long as I purchase a working DVDr?

I realize that there are problems sometimes, but I'm saying with that chip should a majority of them work by just copying the original disk? Is it best to copy the DVD to the harddrive first and then burn it with the DVDr? I don't need any special DVDROM drive to read the DVD do I?

I just don't want to spend the money to buy this, only to find out I can't get anything to work.

So in essence discs could be copied and the copy would run fine with the PS2 without swapping?

Sorry, I'm a newbie at this, and did read the newbies guide. As far as I've read the Messiah 2 Pro is one of the best modchips out there.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

~J