#2 Easiest is probably buying a premodded or Japanese PS2. Last I checked (it has been a while), PS2 modchips were a serious pain to install, requiring something like 47 wires (no, I'm not kidding) ...
I have the slimline PS2, and I need it to be able to play burned games. If I'm going to go to the trouble, I'd like to make sure it can play imports as well. I'm not planning on pirating games, I'm ...