hi all, recently i have managed at last to burn home video using nero to a dvd, but when i play it Iin my cd player the picture keeps freeziing at different stages yet when i play it in my little portable cd player it is fine apart from a couple of clitches
the cd player cost me about 400 quid about 4 years ago and the portable about 50 quid !!

can i somehow connect the portable cd player to the tv and make it play ? until i find out/exchange the expensive player cheers P M

No CD player can play back DVD's. Expensive DVD players ones tend to be less tolerant than el cheapo DVD players with recordable blanks. Without knowing what outputs the el-cheapo DVD player has no one can help you. Best advice is when burning DVD blanks is use a good quality DVD blank (Ones using Ritek dyes are pretty good) and don't exceed 4X burn speeds

some dvd players are fussy about playing back home recorded dvds. I had this sort of trouble until I only used taiyo yuden blanks then my problems went away! Also record at 2 or 4 times speed - not any faster.
If your portable has some video and audio outputs you could connect it to your tv. You may need a special/unusual lead though. What make and model is it?

ok thanks for that, the portable dvd player it works on is a toshiba model no sd p1707se at the back its got class 1 laser product

on the side its got headphone sockets, av in and av out
another bitstream/pcm so i dont know if i can use any of those to connect with a cable to the tv ? thanks P M

I should add that i also had trouble with Ritek blanks.
Your toshiba has av out so you need a lead from this socket to your tv.
Did it come with any leads?

LOL webbie, yeh they must be laying about somewhere it says in the manual they were supplied

i got dvds off internet fujifilm dvd+rw 120 min 4.7 gb 3.3x + 6x_8x any good ?

Media degrade over time, and you should re-copy to a new dvd as soon as possible. If necessary, using a "dvd recovery" programme.

Players will vary as to how well they cope. Depending how good the focus is, how much the laser has degraded, etc ............

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Expected_lifespan

http://vivtech.blogspot.com/2007/03/...intenance.html

"Unlike pressed CDs/DVDs, ‘burnt’ CDs/DVDs can eventually ‘fade’, due to five things that effect the quality of CD media:"

http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/20...archival-media