iMac intel DVD player

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s919rider

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I bought the movie "Saw III" to view on the new iMac and after I insert the DVD into the computer, it kicks it out after a couple minutes. It wont play it. Bummer.

Other movies that I have tried have played fine. This is the first "new" movie that I have bought and tried to play on the computer. Is there something about newer DVD's that can't be played?

Is there something I am missing and can install to be able to play this movie?

Thanks.
 
Your mac cannot play HD-DVDs or Blue-ray disks. If it's a regular DVD disk, try it on another system. You may have a bad disk.
 
I just looked at the packaging for the movie and it's 1080P - I will have to stci to "regular" DVD's.

Is it possible to play the 1080P movies on my iMac?

Thanks for the response.....
 
That sounds like an HD-DVD or Blueray disk - and you need a special player for those disks. Apple does not offer an optical disk that supports those formats.
 
The cheapest Blu-ray player is currently the PlayStation III, AFAIK. You could buy an external HD-DVD player for your iMac... the DVD Player application supports HD-DVD as long as you have a drive capable of reading them.
 
Will probably stick to buying regular DVD's for playing on the computer.

If I ever upgrade to a 1080P television i will also upgrage to an "HD" DVD player and watch them on that.

Not really willing to buy a speccial drive for the computer when I can just but the regular version of DVD's and my problem is solved. The quality of a "non" HD DVD is just fine with me....

Thanks for the reponse.
 
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