Daewoo 5800 will not play DVDR or DVDRW

[tjones]

I am having problems viewing newly burned DVDR's Verbatium Data life Plus& DVDRWSony on my Daewoo5800, I use DVD X Copy and DVD Xpress same results each time, I have GoVideo Player as well and all media will play, can anyone offer suggestions ?

[thxkid]

there is a DVDR hack out there you need to update the 5800 with, let me see if I got it ....... yep sure do its about 1.3 megs big zipped, you would just upzip the folder, put all the files from the folder onto a CD-R by themselves and follow the instructions from this web site....

http://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/Daewoo_DVD5800/DVD-5800patch.htm



Good luck, all 3 of my Daewoo 5800 play DVD-R and DVD+R's no problem.

[tjones]

Thank You So Much
I will give this firmwear upgrade a try this time, honestly I hate to admit it but I paid someone to do this for me initially, because I did not have the time, guess I have the time now, more than likely, my firmwear was older than this link you provided me with.

[wulf109]

Some people report that you need to flash the 5800 with the firmware from the 5700 to play DVD-R. The 5700 firmware worked for me on my 5800. The 5700 firmware also turns off macrovision permanently. My 5800 when flashed with 5800 firmware would keep turning macro backon,that was a fairly problem with the 5800.

[tjones]

Again Thanks For the information and suggestions, Yes you are right I have to reset the Macrovision from time to time. So far I have not tried any DVD-R Disks, only DVD+R & DVD RW, today I purchased a Maxwell DVD +R and it was funny this particular DVD would not plan in any player
I think the speed was too fast instead of the for me usual 2.4X the Maxwell is 4X, even the copy process was complete so fast I was taken a step back ! I know not to buy that speed ever again.

Again Thanks !