[DM-MUG] Answers to the DVD Issue.

[Holly Welch]

THat just happens. Sometimes a dvd player won't play them, and it has  
nothing to do with how fancy or expensive the player is. I've had $39  
specials from Best Buy that would play anything, and then have them  
no play on someone's new Sony.
On Jun 13, 2007, at 4:25 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:

> I burn DVD-R disks and those are the ones which will not work on  
> some players.
>
> At 9:50 PM -0700 6/12/07, AB wrote:
>> This is what I have been told and know in regards to blank DVDs.
>>
>> DVD-Rs are the older disk format, and  should work in any DVD  
>> player/ROM/burner.
>>
>> DVD+Rs are higher quality for audio/video and will work in DVD  
>> players/recorders/burners made
>> within the past 2-3 years. In DVD devices older than 3 years, it  
>> may not play because the device
>> was not engineered to read the newer disk format.
>>
>> The same issue MAY arise with single layer (4.7 GB) versus double  
>> layer dvd disks (8 GB)
>>
>> I use DVD-Rs to reduce the hassle and headache. The older DVD  
>> players are nearing the end of their
>> product life expectancy. So as they become obsolete, so will this  
>> inconvenience.  By then the
>> issue will move to HD DVD versus Blu-Ray DVDs.
>>
>>
>> --- Kendall Crouch <kcrouch at i-rule.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  It can also be the format of the DVD (+R/-R). I sell DVDs and  
>>> some of  my customers can only play one format.
>>>
>>>  Kendall
>>>  http://www.klccomputing.com
>>>
>>>  On Jun 9, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Holly Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>  > I ran into this when i had the movie club with students. The  
>>> answer  > is....some dvd players will play them and some won't.  
>>> If you are  > selling them, make sure the people try them in  
>>> their machines  > before an important event. I had a family who  
>>> had to borrow a  > different dvd player to show theirs at a hall.
>>>  > Holly
>>>  > On Jun 9, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  >> Thanks. The friend's is an older one and the DVDs play find  
>>> on  >> newer ones. Since we will be selling these it will be nice  
>>> to know.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> At 7:25 AM -0500 6/9/07, Jon Engelhardt wrote:
>>>  >>> Some of the older DVD players will not play not play "home  
>>> made"  >>> DVD's.  The technician is wrong.  I have an older DVD  
>>> player and  >>> I can't play CD's or DVD's that I make but yet  
>>> they work fine on  >>> newer machines or my cars.
>>>  >>> Jon
>>>  >>> On Jun 9, 2007, at 4:47 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:
>>>  >>>
>>>  >>>> Hi,
>>>  >>>>
>>>  >>>> I created a slide show as a movie and burned to a DVD. It  
>>> plays  >>>> fine in my DVD player and in several others but when  
>>> one person  >>>> tries to play it nothing happens. It works fine  
>>> on her daughters  >>>> DVD player and on mine. A technician  
>>> claims that the DVD is copy  >>>> protected. Any ideas as to why?
>>>  >>>> --
>>>  >>>> Ray Bowler
>>>  >>>>
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