DVD Player Stand Alone Question

[Nameless]

<!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->I call tech support and gave them my model number a couple hundred times after getting transferred and it turns out that my player only reads -R and not +R. The messed up thing about it is that I have over 200 +R's and they all played on it. Now I have to reback them all up, good thing they are already compressed. It just messes up occassionaly and has a incorrect disc error. The tech support told me that +R's would only play once in a blue moon. Now a friend of mine says he doesn't think that's it because it sometimes doesn't play commercial DVD's as well after playing the +R's. I have to like turn it up side down and tap it and it works. He thinks it's a hardware problem.

What's the real deal can playing the incorrect format mess up your dvd player after an extended amount of time?

[photo_angel2004]

If you have over 200 movies backed up on dvd+R I personally would take the player back to the store and get a player that will support DVD+R a lot of the newer ones do.

If you have to turn the player upside down that to me would be s sign that you should take it in. Something may be loose in side the player.

Take it back. There should be some kind of warranty.

[Nameless]

Yeah the problem is its past it's 3 month warranty. I thought it was a year till I read the fine print in the booklette or else I would just take it in. ah well.

[LT. Columbo]

i agree, what did you pay for it?

[Nameless]

I got it as a christmas present so I can't really complain but it was worth about 60 bucks it was a Toshiba.

[photo_angel2004]

My Toshiba wont play DVD+ R either.

[LT. Columbo]

mine reacts the same (although i haven't inverted it and smacked the bottom)

no loss for you--i'd get a new player. hope things work out.

[a2j3]

Hello Nameless

I just bought a sony DVP-NS50P, Plays just about everything including dvd+r. My backups work just great.

[sonic_emperor]

cheap dvdplayers solve all media problems

[Chewy]

which models won't play dvd+R?

[photo_angel2004]

which models won't play dvd+R?

My player that wont play DVD+R is Toshiba SD-6200

[tonay]

Sony

I have that same sony DVD and it always starts to skip during the last 1/2 of a back up w/ +R. Regardless of the DVD brand.

I got a cheap magnovox and it plays everything +R like a champ. $30 at Sams Club.

[notec]

I just bought a sony DVP-NS50P, Plays just about everything including dvd+r. My backups work just great.

I second this player. I've had it for 6 months now and It plays anything I put in it. My backups play fine (Verbatim DVD-R DL; Taiyo Yuden 16X DVD-R; Memorex DVD+RW 8x; Maxell DVD+RW 4x). Great features too for only $70 it can't be beat.