on 07/02/03 21:33, Eugene de Gouw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My guess Neil is that the iMac has already been set to region 4 and > the PowerBook is set to region 1 (the US) as it leaves the factory > like mine. > But the one DVD that is marked region 4 plays on both machines - which is why I assumed that either both machines are set to region 4 or the iMac is multi-region?
> >> Subject: Apple DVD Player - Region Codes & DVD compatability with >> different versions >> >> A follow up to my previous mystery on different DVD set-ups: >> >> DVD 3 The Wall (Pink Floyd) >> DVD 4 The search for Robert Johnson >> >> These two DVDs both play fine on the iMac in either OS9 or OSX (ie set-ups 2 >> & 3 below). >> >> But in the powerbook both give the following message: >> "To play this DVD video disc you need to select a region code for your DVD >> drive. Do you want to set the region code for your drive now? Once set, you >> can change the region code only 4 more times. You should notchange it unless >> you want to change it permanently." >> At this point, I cancelled, not wanting to change the region code. >> >> Now I'm confused, the only disc that shows a region code on the case is DVD >> 1 - which plays fine in all set-ups. It says the region code is 4 (which is >> presumably our region in Australia?) So if the drives are set for a >> particular region it must be 4. >> >> So why do DVDs 3&4 play in the iMac but ask for a region change in the >> powerbook - is this down to the actual drive ie the powerbook is region >> sensitive & the iMac is multiregion? >> >> I suppose this problem is different from the previous - the fact that DVD 2 >> will play in the iMac under OSX but not OS9 would surely have to be down to >> software? But would that be Apple DVD player or the drivers for the >> superdrive? Anybody else had this problem? >> >> TIA >> >> Neil >> -- > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
