Hack #1:

• Press & Hold the Circle, Right and L1 keys.

Hack #2:

• Press & Hold L3 & push the stick in hard

Hack #3:

• Boot into PS2 browser without a CD in the tray
• Insert the Region 1 DVD you want to play
• Press Circle and R1 on the DVD
• Hold Right until menu appears
• Press Circle and R1 again

Here are the instructions how to do it:

• Load the DVD into the PlayStation 2
• At the browser screen, select the CD icon then press and hold square and then circle until the DVD menu appears, holding both buttons all the time.
• Then there are two ways to play the movie; you can either select the play icon or the movie start icon which is in the middle to the far left. If one doesn't work the other one will.