What does it mean when.....

[LongSnapper]

I can play back a burned copy DVD on my PC (w/ powerDVD) with no problems at all, but when playing the same DVD on my standalone DVD player, I either get serious pixelation or the disc will not play at all.

Are both my standalone players to old to play DVD +R discs or what am I missing here?

Thanks for your time.

[LT. Columbo]

see here:

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49635

what software is being used to burn the disc?

[geno888]

If your standalones are old, you can improve compatibility changing booktype in +R media to ROM.

What burner do you have?

And what media do you use? Sometime also a bad media can cause this problem.

[LongSnapper]

Burner= TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B GA04 (changing booktype not supported)

Media= YUDEN000-T02-00

Program= ImgBurn

I have read The Golden Rules of Burning several times and use the tips sugested.

[NightTran]

check this link from Blutach, http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers to see if you dvd player is new enough to play burn DVD. My guess: you need to buy a new DVD player

[LT. Columbo]

you might want to try another media such as sony -R

[photo_angel2004]

How old is older?
'I have a palyer that is over 6 years old now and burned DVD's DVD-R's work fine.

[LongSnapper]

Thanks for the replies. I think my next move will be to swap out my current Samsung DVD burner for my older Sony DRU-710a burner which has bitsetting. If it is my standalone DVD players causing the problem would this solution help?

[LT. Columbo]

you have 2 players with the problem that are older models. i'd try another media before changing devices.

[LongSnapper]

Yeah, I could switch to -R's, but 1) I already have the Sony burner just sitting in my extra HW pile 2) it seems to be a better burner anyway.....why not switch it out?

[LT. Columbo]

well it is super easy, it's up to you. let us know how things go

[geno888]

Media= YUDEN000-T02-00

What brand are these media?

Too bad there are tons of fake taiyo yuden on stores. Maybe your media are fake taiyo, so can give you these playback problems

[NightTran]

how do you know which one are fake and which one are not Geno888?

[geno888]

Usually authentic Taiyo have a number code in internal part of the disc that start with GG or GD.

To see many more details and users experiences you can also take a look at

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=112854

[NightTran]

one more thing what is the different between taiyo Yuden and just Yuden, and would you tell if this one is real