help with playing dvd movies

Hi there,

How certain are you they're region one when it reports region 6?

Did you have look at these & try VLC player...

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090226100755899

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13801

VLC Player...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

what does this mean?

Due to worldwide copyright stuff, DVD Players can only change Region codes of DVDs they can play 5 times, (except for the hack that sets it to Region 0, if done before it changes 5 times).

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2397

Did you ever get this in the past?

"Since this is the first use of a DVD disc, the drive region code must be initialized before playing.

which vlc player would i use?

Any of the Mirrored Servers here, it's the same VLC, just different servers...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

DVD Player: About DVD-Video Regions

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2397

Did you buy your iMac second-hand?

The previous owner may have set it to region 6.

If this is brand new Mac that is only 2 months old and you have never played DVDs in it and you are positive it is misidentifying discs then I'd take it back to the store and have them look at it

I agree with Limnos, and there are two points to consider:

1. This could be a 'grey import' from another market (area 6 is China). Granted, that is where the iMac was made, but they would not have set it to region 6 unless it was originally intended to be sold there;

2. You can only reset the region on your iMac up to 5 times. After that it will be set in stone for all eternity.

It is up to your dealer to reset it properly - were they an authorised Apple reseller?

Alternatively:

All the DVDs you are buying are 'grey imports' from China!

Message was edited by: Klaus1

Along the lines of Klaus1's #1 observation, I guess it is also possible somebody simply messed up in the assembly line somewhere and let a region 6 DVD drive get into a US-destined iMac. Since you said "no" to Klaus1's earlier question of it being a used Mac, it is therefore new. You have only had it two months. I'd let the retailer worry about it as long as there aren't any questions as to warranty coverage.