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DvD Disc wont play
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I have just burnt some home movies to DVD but although they play on my PS3 and my laptop they wont play on my DVD player. I have a Toshiba DVD player which is about 6 years old and I have used Impega DVD+R Discs (Free from work). Could it be my DVD player is just old spec or are discs the wrong type. I just get a message saying disc error check disc. Thanks Terry |
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If it's an old Toshiba you will probably find it will only play -R and not +R DVDs. I had the same problem a couple of years.
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so if I bought a cheap dvd player would that be likely to work. I have no need for extra bits and pieces. Just to play the odd movie and home dvds
regards terry |
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the cheaper one tend to play alot more than the most expensive ones for some reason, dont get the 20quid one from argos though, I put a copied dvd in and it broke it
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Hi
I have just burnt some home movies to DVD but although they play on my PS3 and my laptop they wont play on my DVD player. I have a Toshiba DVD player which is about 6 years old and I have used Impega DVD+R Discs (Free from work). Could it be my DVD player is just old spec or are discs the wrong type. I just get a message saying disc error check disc. Thanks Terry |
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the cheaper one tend to play alot more than the most expensive ones for some reason, ......
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Too true. My top of the range Denon is very fussy about the disks it plays. Denon tell me it's because it's a precision piece of kit. Whilst the sub £100 Toshiba plays everything you throw at it even the ones covered with kids sticky finger marks.
![]() Reading from the DVD itself will not affect PQ at all (providing it works) so there's no excuse for making something that doesn't read many disks. It's the processing and conversion stages that affect the PQ which is where the denon is possibly superior despite having an inferior DVD drive. Of course reliability also comes into it and it is possible that the Denon may be more reliable than the Tosh. |
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Thanks for the replies but in short i need to burn a lot of discs. I get the DVD +R from work free so in the long run it is better for me to use those discs. I am using my laptop to burn the DVD's so what I would like to know is, if I buy a new cheap DVD player what should I buy that will play those discs.
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yes buy a cheapo player and look at box to see what discs it can play
sometimes a change of disc is needed rather than the format |
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does the fact that the discs play on my PS3 have any bearing or will that work in a different way
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Read this:
www.cdfreaks.com/article/reviews/Increased-compatibility-DVD-bitsetting in my experience using this technique DVD+R's play on anything! |
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Read this:
www.cdfreaks.com/article/reviews/Increased-compatibility-DVD-bitsetting in my experience using this technique DVD+R's play on anything! Please try http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Incr...DVD-bitsetting |
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Thanks to all
Bought new DVD player today and the discs are now working Regards terry |
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what and were did you buy
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Philips DVP3120 from Currys £29.99
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