Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
dvd's burned on a home computer?
We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial
DVD's. Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all
the machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new
ones are better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states
he's played 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
fussy with what ever you feed it.
One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
clear. I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me
here.
Thanks
Mark
--
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are
evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Albert Einstein
"pheasant" <kiavan02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xcWdnTQ4ctYvFFfVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@midco.net...
> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>
> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
> special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial DVD's.
> Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all the
> machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new ones are
> better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states he's played
> 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
>
> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not fussy
> with what ever you feed it.
>
> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
> bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
> disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were clear.
> I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
> --
>
> "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are
> evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
> Albert Einstein
Why not ask the guy at the video shop what he uses?
Jack R
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>
> "pheasant" <kiavan02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:xcWdnTQ4ctYvFFfVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@midco.net...
>> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
>> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>>
>> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
>> special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial DVD's.
>> Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all the
>> machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new ones
>> are better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states he's
>> played 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
>>
>> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
>> fussy with what ever you feed it.
>>
>> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
>> bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
>> disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were clear.
>> I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me here.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>> --
>>
>> "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who
>> are
>> evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
>> Albert Einstein
>
> Why not ask the guy at the video shop what he uses?
> Jack R
>
Assuming the disk will play on a DVD player on your computer,
have you considered copying the disk on the computer ?
--
Jan Alter bearpuf@verizon.net
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:24:33 -0500, pheasant thoughfully wrote:
> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>
> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
> special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial
> DVD's. Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all
> the machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new
> ones are better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states
> he's played 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
>
> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
> fussy with what ever you feed it.
>
> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
> bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
> disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
> clear. I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me
> here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
Some home DVD players may not handle certain formats of DVDs like DVD+R
or DVD-/+RW. Check the acceptable format types (manuals) of DVDs
accepted by your home players against the format of the DVD from the
photog. In that case ask for a DVD of a format acceptable to your
player like DVD-R.
OTOH, if the photog's dvd burner or the DVD is dirty or misaligned that
might cause problems. Ask the photog to prove his burner plays on his
home player.
pheasant wrote:
>
> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have
> a bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago
> cd disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
> clear. I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide
> me here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
They sound like rewriteables, which do sometimes have more compatibility
problems.
See if the photographers will burn another set onto non-rewriteable media,
either DVD-R or DVD+R (I would go for DVD+R)
--
SteveH
"pheasant" <kiavan02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xcWdnTQ4ctYvFFfVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@midco.net...
> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>
> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
> special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial DVD's.
> Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all the
> machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new ones are
> better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states he's played
> 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
>
> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not fussy
> with what ever you feed it.
>
> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
> bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
> disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were clear.
> I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
Your two Philips brand burners should be fine for playing anything you throw
at them, assuming that they aren't very old. The Toshiba should work great,
also. Don't know about the jWin or the TRT.
But you are asking the wrong question here. You want to know what player
will play all disks. It's not that simple. For reliable playback, your
burner needs to be matched with your media, your media needs to be matched
with your player, and your recorder needs to be matched with your player.
Note that there are THREE variables, and each of them needs to be perfectly
matched with the other two. Otherwise, you WILL have trouble during
playback.
It would be foolish to buy a new player, considering:
1) There is probably nothing wrong with any of the players you currently
own. and
2) There is no guarantee that any new player will work better.
My suggestion would be to try to copy the wedding DVDs on your computer.
For the COPY, try maxell or ritek / ridata brand media. See if that will
play on your players.
If not, it might be a better idea (rather than replace your players) to buy
a high-quality burner for your computer. Good ones run about $30 (sometimes
less!), so it's cheaper (and I believe a better investment) to go that
route, if you need new hardware. The following Pioneer model should work
great with maxell brand media and any of your current players, I believe.
Or put another way, I'd be shocked if you copied the wedding video using the
Pioneer burner and maxell media and THEN had trouble playing it in a Philips
or Toshiba brand DVD player. -Dave
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:24:33 -0500, pheasant <kiavan02@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
| dvd's burned on a home computer?
|
| We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
| special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with commercial
| DVD's. Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all
| the machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks once, the new
| ones are better, but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states
| he's played 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
|
| So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
| fussy with what ever you feed it.
|
| One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
| bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
| disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
| clear. I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me
| here.
It could be any number of things. But some players, especially older ones, have
problems playing DVD+R discs that haven't been burned as DVD-ROMs. DVD-R discs
don't tend to have the same problems.
Check your burned DVDs out using Nero DiscSpeed if your burner(s) is supported
by it.
> Your two Philips brand burners should be fine for playing anything you throw
> at them, assuming that they aren't very old. The Toshiba should work great,
> also. Don't know about the jWin or the TRT.
We had an older Toshiba that specified DVD-R in the specs. Best thing is
to check the specs on the burner and then find out from the photographer
which media he's using.
Dave wrote:
>
> "pheasant" <kiavan02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:xcWdnTQ4ctYvFFfVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@midco.net...
>> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
>> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>>
>> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another
>> Newegg special TRT. None of these machines have trouble with
>> commercial DVD's. Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop
>> locks up all the machines except the TRT. He has replaced the disks
>> once, the new ones are better, but still have a few stutters and lock
>> ups. He states he's played 'em all and they all did fine before
>> bringing them to us.
>>
>> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
>> fussy with what ever you feed it.
>>
>> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have
>> a bluish/green tinge to them. I seem to remember many years ago ago
>> cd disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
>> clear. I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me
>> here.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>
> Your two Philips brand burners should be fine for playing anything you
> throw at them, assuming that they aren't very old. The Toshiba should
> work great, also. Don't know about the jWin or the TRT.
>
> But you are asking the wrong question here. You want to know what
> player will play all disks. It's not that simple. For reliable
> playback, your burner needs to be matched with your media, your media
> needs to be matched with your player, and your recorder needs to be
> matched with your player.
>
> Note that there are THREE variables, and each of them needs to be
> perfectly matched with the other two. Otherwise, you WILL have trouble
> during playback.
>
> It would be foolish to buy a new player, considering:
> 1) There is probably nothing wrong with any of the players you
> currently own. and
> 2) There is no guarantee that any new player will work better.
>
> My suggestion would be to try to copy the wedding DVDs on your computer.
> For the COPY, try maxell or ritek / ridata brand media. See if that
> will play on your players.
>
> If not, it might be a better idea (rather than replace your players) to
> buy a high-quality burner for your computer. Good ones run about $30
> (sometimes less!), so it's cheaper (and I believe a better investment)
> to go that route, if you need new hardware. The following Pioneer model
> should work great with maxell brand media and any of your current
> players, I believe. Or put another way, I'd be shocked if you copied the
> wedding video using the Pioneer burner and maxell media and THEN had
> trouble playing it in a Philips or Toshiba brand DVD player. -Dave
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827129023
Dave has given you some excellent information. But I wanted to add
that if you do decide to buy a new player I have had great luck with
Panasonic. I have 3 Panasonic DVD players around my house. All 3 will
play anything I have ever thrown at it and never even blink.
On Sep 12, 4:24*pm, pheasant <kiava...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can someone please recommend a home dvd player that will chew through
> dvd's burned on a home computer?
>
> We have 2 Philips, a Toshiba, something called jWin, and another Newegg
> special TRT. * None of these machines have trouble with commercial
> DVD's. *Our daughter's wedding done by a local video shop locks up all
> the machines except the TRT. *He has replaced the disks once, the new
> ones are better, *but still have a few stutters and lock ups. He states
> he's played 'em all and they all did fine before bringing them to us.
>
> So we have decided maybe it's time for a newer player, something not
> fussy with what ever you feed it.
>
> One other thing that I don't know if matters or not, these disks have a
> bluish/green tinge to them. *I seem to remember many years ago ago cd
> disks that had this tinge were not as good as the blanks that were
> clear. *I know nothing about burning dvds. so hope someone can guide me
> here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
Something else not yet mentioned is that blue discs have the poorest
life expectancy as well as poorest readability. If its something you
want to keep longer term, and it sounds like it. a blue disc is really
not appropriate. Long life gold based discs are the most stable,
followed by silver.
And of course there's the obvious, ie cleaning the player lens.
Home Burned DVD's gives players fits 
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