i have tdk dvd-r 8x and imation dvd-r 8x ive burned movies on both discs but when i try to play them on two dvd players it doesnt wrok but they work on my xbox and portable i burn with tda and on vcdhelp it says the two that dont play them play dvd-r's. so i must be doing sumthin wrong plz help
make sure you burn them with region free selected if this dont work the likely cause is a compatibilty issue with media and your standalone dvd player(it doesnt like dvd-r)normally its the other way around though?(they prefer dvd-r) in which case try some dvd+r type media
Discs don't just play on some players and not others unless there is a compatibility problem of some sort. Hursty covered that fairly well. Try the +R format as he suggested to see if that helps. Since the DVDs play on some players, the fault appears to be with the ones that don't. I purchased a Philips that will play just about anything. I had an older player that wouldn't consistently play discs of the same format.
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