Playing DVD R's in old DVD standalone player?

[archaeo]

I have a 4 year old DVD player (cheap). I called tech support to find out if this model will play DVD +/- R disks, which they said it won't.
I didn't bother to ask what modes (ISO, UDF, etc) it does or does not play, so I took it as word. My question is: Even in these older models, can I burn a DVD through one of these processes (DVDDerypter, Shrink, etc..) AND have it play on this older standalone? If so, what mode would be best to burn it in? Or, as I suspect, do I have to buy a newer model that will playDVD R/RW? Don't want to buy another unless I have to.

[wulf109]

Older DVD players can handle DVD-R,but unlikely to play DVD+R. I have an old Toshiba SD1009 and it handles DVD-R's that I burn.
I use Nero 6 to burn with the DVD VIDEO template with no problem,don't use the ISO/UDF template.
Will not play DVD-RW.

[archaeo]

Older DVD players can handle DVD-R,but unlikely to play DVD+R. I have an old Toshiba SD1009 and it handles DVD-R's that I burn.
I use Nero 6 to burn with the DVD VIDEO template with no problem,don't use the ISO/UDF template.

wulf109, this could be the key I just went into this site's "DVD Player DVD±R/W Compatibility list", and it shows that my player should play DVD-R, and DVD +RW.
I tried my first backup last week and it didn't play... That's when I assumed my player just didn't support it. But I burned it into ISO, which you say won't work that well with these older players.

I will try to burn using DVDShrink's 'DVD Video' template, and see how that goes.

Thanks - this is a great forum!

[bdf24]

I thought from what I've read that ISO is actualy a more compliant way of burning?

I've got an old Samsung DVD-709 that won't take any DVDR disk,s. No matter what format they are. It also is very picky with CDR's as well. Very few brands work. It actually even had problems with some of the comercial DVD's I've used in it. I ended up ditching it and buying an RCA player. Which so far plays anything I throw at it. But I have noticed that it plays more reliably when I burn from an ISO file instead of using Nero's DVD Video template.