Hi Basically all sony dvd players need a hardware mod which is region select so it plays all region discs including R.C.E. Macro is off on region 2 but region 1 on these machines are true ntsc which means you need a recordable ntsc machine to deal with this. Regards Michael P.S your tv must be ntsc compatible for region 1 playback otherwise ,possoble rolling and black and white playback.