[Firstperson]

I own a a Sony 710a and have be burning like crazy, up to about 150 DVDs, mostly DVDs. All on Ritek (DVD+R) R03 @ 8x speed, usually using DVD Shrink/Nero/Alcohol 120.

Just last week I upgraded my TV and DVD player to Samsung TX-P3064w and DVD-HD841.

Well non of my DVDs worked in the DVD player. These DVD I have used on over five different players from normal DVD players to Xbox and portables.

I called Samsungs tech support and they said that DVD-R is more of the "standard" video DVD...not DVD+R. and to try lowering the burn speed.

Well I did trying buring them at 4x and they seem to work fine when burned slower.

I tried a back up on my dads computer with the same disks(@8x) and his NEC 3500, and it played fine in the samsung DVD player.

Whats is the problem here The media/burner/DVD players (who's to blame!!!)

What should I do sell the Sony 710 and replace it with a NEC 3520, buy new media, (DVD-R)/(better media)(firmware upgrade). Or just buck up and burn at 4x.

But this still leaves the question of what to do with around a 100 DVD I have already burned, its going to be a pain to just reburn them a 4x to work.

All input or opinions welcome.

Thanks Andy

Tech specs
XP
AMD 3200
Sony 710a /BYX3
ASPI 4.71.2
Nero Aspi 2.0.1.74
Nero 6.6.0.8
DVD shrink 3.2

[Matth]

Also, +R media player compatibility benefits from bitsetting so it reports a booktype of DVD-ROM.

The method of bitsetting varies - in current Liteon firmwares, their utility sets it (stored) for +R DL , +R, and maybe +RW as well.
The method may be different for Sony firmware.

For already burned media that works ok in other standalone players, this reflects VERY badly on the new player which really should be better at handling recordable media of ALL types, than an older player - it's the sort of thing they should be fixing in a firmware update!