Sanyo VPC-CG65 mp4 playback

Whenever I try to play my .mp4 files with Quicktime that were recorded using a Sanyo VPC-CG65 camcorder, the playback appears to be all block-like with many different rectangles muffling the video and making it unwatchable.
Yet, I am able to play the files on my MacBook laptop just fine.
Any help/suggestions?

Thank you. I knew about the $20 software from Apple for playing MPEG2. But it just makes sense to me that if my existing editing software made by Apple can play MPEG4, then there must be a reasonably priced camcorder that captures video as MPEG4 that can be edited by iMovie. It makes sense to me but maybe I'm wrong.
I know there is a $200+ Aiptek camcorder that should work with my computer. I wanted to buy a camcorder that was one of the cheaper models but not a complete piece of junk.
Maybe someone knows whether the guy is right or not about the Sanyo Xacti? I don't understand why I wouldn't be able to save the files to my PB and edit them with iMovie HD. But I don't want to go ahead and buy the Sanyo as the way to find out the answer to my question.
Ginny

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