Noob to this( Be gentle)

[Wzs99]

Ok basicly Im here because my old Panasonic DVD-RV31 doesnt play most of my burned DVD's. Its really weird I'll play some but not others. Im not sure if It can be the programs I use to burn (Could be I mostly use DVDShrink,Nero and Alchohol 120%) But what are some DVD-Players that for sure Play any burned Disc (Mostly Burned DVDS though)? Any suggestions?

[Bodyslide]

Most players bought and made in the Last Year or so will Play DVD-R's and DVD+R's. I have used a few Toshiba's that all play both types of Media with no issues. I would recommend taking a burned DVD to the store and pop the DVD in a few players, any that give you a disc error, then Avoid. Just my 2 Cents. Toshiba 1200 and 3900 are the 2 I have now, plus a PS2.

You atleast placed the Post in the Correct Forum. Good Luck and Welcome to the Forums. Most people here will help out as long as you do some reading first.

[Capt.Video]

Did it ever play all your DVDs? If so, it sounds like your DVD recorder is starting to fritz out, Ive had the exact thing happen.

I am also running shrink to build an ISO and Nero to burn the ISO, 100% success rate thus far.

HTH,
Andrew

[NiteLite]

I have an older Panasonic and Sony that play every disc fine. My Pioneer 220 recorder plays them fine also.
These cheap players less than $50 or so can for sure be problems.
I would use a known excellent blank media like Taiyo Yuden and stick with it. If a player cant handel TY forget it.
As far as + or - media, I only use -R but with new players I dont hear many complaints with either. Especially using Taiyo Yuden.
Good luck,
NL

[classfour]

If it's getting some age on it, the drive motor could be slowing down, causing read errors. Look for Panasonic+H01+error on the internet. Many Panasonic DVD Players have this problem after the first year. Also, in the DVD Players forum, reading problems were mentioned for this player. I've owned 3 Panasonics, including an RV31 - only one survives (CV52), and it has occassional read problems (and eats discs - reason for retirement).

The (now old) Panasonic DMR-E20 dvd recorder that I have has only barfed on a few discs: Some el cheapo DVD-R media and Memorex DVD-RAM media (hated them); after three years, still chugging along.