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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. 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 feel your pain by hawkbug · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have the same problem as you - I have a Sony Playstation 2, and I have been converting a lot of home movies to DVD recently, and getting seriously pissed off in the process. The stupid PS2 only seems to like Verbatim DVD-R discs, and nothing else. I mean, you can use other brands, but your movies will skip horribly in parts, and sometimes the machine won't see the disc at all. What's even more frustrating is that I bought a 10 pack of Memorex DVD-R discs once for like $45 (which is waaay to much if you ask me) and they worked great. I went through them quickly, and bought another pack, exact same brand, from the exact same store - and my PS2 won't read a single one. So, my frustration level is growing rapidly as I try to find discs that work that I can find cheap. Verbatim has been the only brand of DVD-R that work for me in both my PS2 and my Sony set-top DVD player. Somebody needs to seriously start producing good quality discs for a reasonable price....

  4. Xbox by Ashran · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My XBOX eats everything I throw at it :)

    ps.: Dont buy Primco - C'T revealed how sucky they are.
    I've had very good results with TraxData (2.00 - 2.50 EUR a piece)

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