I just bought a JVC XV-S500 from Best Buy. Tried playing some DVDs I burned with a Sony DRU-500AX. It would read the +RW and -RW, but would not show the menu. I made a -R and it showed the menu, but would not play the video (I think I may have messed up the video, so I am not too worried about that right now). Before I waste anymore -R to see if it will only play menus with -R I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem. I did take my -RW and played it on my brother's older Panasonic (don't remember the model, but it is about 2yrs old) and it played the menu and the video. So I know the menu is on there.