cant play dvd

[locnej]

i have an XD DV290 aiwa, stand alone player and it only plays certain dvd i live in the UK can you help

siven

[teegee420]

How about some more info about the problematic DVD?

[locnej]

@teegee

thx a friend gave me a dvd c - - -

it is not playing i have tried to change the zones but it want play

siven

[locnej]

i have tried dvd hacks

[teegee420]

Is it a burned DVD? According to this your player on plays "Few DVD+R". If it's not a commercialy pressed DVD or something other than DVD+R it's not going to play.

[jimmalenko]

Please be a lot more specific.

Is the disc a commercially pressed disc (you bought it) ? If so, what region is it ? What region are you in at the moment ?

or is it a burnt copy ? If so, what program was it burnt with ? What discs are you using (manufacturer) ? speed ? +/- ?

We are not mind readers you know.

[locnej]

@teegee

thanks so I should toss it out

locnej/nevis

[teegee420]

You could always play it on your computer, assuming it has a DVD drive.

[locnej]

thx i am waiting for more info re burnt copy
etc

locnej

[locnej]

@jimmalinko and all

thx zone 2 for newcasle england uk,

the dvd was burnt using nero express, they are datawrite red(v2) dvd-r(-) discs
burnt on a +/- burner and i burn them at 4x speed
hope this info helps and sorry i am new to this posting

locnej

[teegee420]

According to the page I linked to, your player only plays DVD+R discs. What you have is a DVD-R disc.

[andyp1]

Hi locnej
All the films we buy in stores or rent in the UK are Region 2 , any burned disc or copy doesn't have a region code .
Is it just the one disc that you can't play , those datawrite red are pretty cheap nasty discs , it may just be that your player doesn't like that disc.
Have you got anything else to try the disc on , does your pc have a dvd drive or have you got a ps2.
You often find that the cheap players that Asda and Kwik Save sell for around £30 have more chance of of playing back-ups successfully than the bigger brands of player.

[locnej]

hello all thanks for your help i have been to asda and bought the player the guy i got the copy from told me the same thing as you say it works no problems here

ta m8ts love the site

locnej

[andyp1]

Very good , glad you are sorted.