Standard Stand-alone DVD Player Media Compatibility

[sarooney]

I have looked through the DVD Media Lists, but would appreciate a recommendiation of which media would be the most compatible with older Standard Stand-alone DVD players. I have a Sony DW-Q30A burner.
TIA Stuart//

[Bjs]

Simple - dvd-r , burn at 4x , dont put more than 4.3 gig on media (this is the most compatable way)

Then it come's down to media ... forget tdk , there crap now ...datastream work well , though verbatim's should be the most stable of all .

Of course you will here of other brand's from other user's , but for my money , jumping about from brand to brand only give's one more headache's over the long run .

I returned the last batch of tdk's to store when first 3 out of 50 produced a nero error ... simple "what was the error" , and the media was swapped for another brand ... seem's most store's people here know nero well ...

[samijubal]

Taiyo Yuden, enough said. You won't have to worry about wheather one batch is good or not.

[oldandinthe way]

Some of your older standalone players will not work with any burned media.

Some will not burn with your burner.

Some will work better DVD-R, some will work better DVD+R. Some will prefer cheap media, Some will want only Made in Japan media.

1x will work better than 4x on some.

Older DVD-players differed more widely in their interpretations of the specs and some were very restrictive.

In my opinion, your question has no answer or 100 answers.

[sarooney]

[quote="samijubal"]Taiyo Yuden...
-R or +R?
Stuart//

[sarooney]

Unfortunately my own experience fits with your answer - especially the 1x comment.

[quote="oldandinthe way"]Some of your older standalone players will not work with any burned media.

Some will not burn with your burner.

Some will work better DVD-R, some will work better DVD+R. Some will prefer cheap media, Some will want only Made in Japan media.

1x will work better than 4x on some.

[samijubal]

DVD-R is supposed to have slightly better compatibility. I've personally never seen a player that won't play the TY DVD-Rs I burn with an NEC 3500. I've sent discs to dozens of people without ever having anyone say they didn't play. I don't know about with a Sony (LiteOn) burner.

[videobread]

What are you doing with an older player? Buy a new one. They are cheap. Really cheap.

In my humble opinion, when using good media, (TY, Ver, Max vs junk/cheap discs), compatibility issues with stand alone players come from the burning software not the media. Some software has too many settings/options for the average usrer. Some software is just not that good. It's not the media. It's the burning software. Just my opinion.

[sarooney]

[quote="videobread"]What are you doing with an older player? Buy a new one. They are cheap. Really cheap.

Trying to show home travel movies at my friends' houses. I don't need one; my AV system is computer-controlled.
I'm still on Nero 5.5.9.9. Do you think that is part of my problem? I'm talking about old players.
I also use CDBurnerXP Pro 3.

[videobread]

Again, just my opinion, but I have had bad experiences with Nero - player compatibility problems. I use Instant Copy. Nobody uses it anymore. I don't even know if it is still available. The reason I use it is for player compatibility. With IC just don't have compatibility issues.

[samijubal]

Nero sucks. I had a first generation Panasonic player, I still have a second generation player, they both play DVD-R discs fine. Maybe it's the Sony burner too.