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Best DVD -Player- for Burned DVD Media?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-playing-your-own-movies dept.

multiOSfreak asks: "I recently picked up a DVD-R/RW drive on the cheap, and I was wondering which component DVD players have the widest latitude of compatibility with 'burned' DVD media. I have a Toshiba SD-1600, and it's very picky about the media (so far, it will only play Princo and Verbatim DataLife +). I've looked at a ton of sites on DVD players, but none of them gave comments from actual users on how well they worked, firmware upgrades, etc. Epinions is okay, but the level of knowledge of most reviewers is nowhere near that of the Slashdot community." What DVD Players are the least picky about the media they use?

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  1. Google results from the Mysterious Future by GoRK · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you tried the DVD Player compatibility list? It will let you search for players that support whatever type of media and formats you want. I don't know how you could have checked "a ton of sites" and missed this.

    Anyway, go Here.

    ~GoRK

    1. Re:Google results from the Mysterious Future by Drakin · · Score: 3, Informative

      I don't think you understand corectly... he's wanting to learn what DVD player is the least picky with the brands of burned DVD media, not simply the formats that it will play.

    2. Re:Google results from the Mysterious Future by GoRK · · Score: 2, Informative

      That's what the comments on that site are for. You did go there, didn't you?

      ~GoRK

  2. VCD Help by galaxy300 · · Score: 5, Informative

    VCDHelp has a really good set of resources and forums for these types of questions.

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  3. I'd say this is a do it yourself situation by RalphBNumbers · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can find out online which players claim to support which formats. But even among players that support DVD-R (and/or other burnable DVD and CD formats), there is alot of variation.

    The media you buy, and the software package you use to burn can matter alot.

    Until support for this kind of thing matures to the point of everything being compatible with everything else, I'd recommend you just burn a few test DVDs and VCDs to take to the store and test on the models you're interested in. It prevents nasty surprises and incompatibilities with your burning setup. I certainly plan to when I get my next player.

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  4. I tried about 10 types of media by old7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried about 10 types of media and I found that just as important as the type of media was how/what you used to record. The settings in Nero are very important. If I selected UDF 1.02 I could use cheap media (less than $1) and still be able to play everything in all of my DVD players. I have 6 DVD players: a 3 year-old Sony, a new Sony, RCA TV/DVD/VHS combo, a newer JVC, an APEX and a Bluapunkt.

    I purchased 5 packs of about 10 different DVD-R media and went to work. It took 2 weeks of playing with the settings and burning the same 30 minutes of video to 40+ discs but I found a low cost media that worked for me. It won't work in all the players that I have tried it in, but it works in all of mine.

    My suggestion would be to visit www.dvdrhelp.com and visit the forums. Find others that are using the same DVD recorder (DVD-R or DVD+R) that you have and read, read, read.

    Old7