I'm sick of waiting but don't think R2 DVDs will play on my DVD player. Would it work to take an R2 DVD and used DVD Shrink to copy it, choosing R1?
Have you thought about modifying your dvd player to a multi-region.I paid £25 (thats not bad is it?

)cash in hand to a Panasonic retailer who linked up my Region 2 Panasonic player to a computer to remove the Region 1 block so i can now play my Region 1 discs of GBU and OUATITW.