Recommendation for DVD +R RW+ player that supports DVD's made in Vegas...

tomjgill wrote on 12/21/2004, 11:28 AM

The HP dvd300i we have at the office has worked well, although I am sure there is a faster model currently available.

tdillard wrote on 12/21/2004, 12:11 PM

Check out the SONY DRU-530A, I'm happy with mine. Burns all DVD formats. I think the 540A also burns CD's, but I'm not sure. $150 retail at Best Buy, under $100 new in box on eBay, where I got mine.

farss wrote on 12/21/2004, 12:38 PM

I think the man wants a PLAYER!!
Buy a cheap made in china one, they seem to leave the brand name ones for dead and even the ones sold in the US handle PAL and NTSC.
I've got a quite expensive unit that handles mpeg-2 to very high bitrates, ugly as sin but does produce amazing pictures, designed in Oz, built in China.
Later model plays DivX and XVid.
Bob.

DavidMcKnight wrote on 12/21/2004, 2:51 PM

I've tried to play -RW on two different cheap models (from sam's, one current and one about a year old) and neither would, although they play -R just fine. But my mid level Panasonic plays them just fine. So, my 2-year old Panasonic DVD - RV27 plays - R and -RW great (I have not tried any + media) if that is any help...

FrankieP wrote on 12/21/2004, 3:23 PM

I'd get a burner instead which supports and enables you to change bit settings to dvd-rom.

riredale wrote on 12/21/2004, 4:11 PM

Billyboy:

Take a +R DVD with you to the local megastore and try them out. When I did this with a -R disk two years ago, all the inexpensive players did fine, but the two super-expensive players in the "special" room wouldn't touch it. I would assume that now, they do.

I have two DVD players here at my workstation. One, a $40 Apex, plays anything; the other, a pricey progressive-scan Toshiba from about 3 years ago, is quite a bit more finicky, but plays my -R Ritek disks fine.

BillyBoy wrote on 12/21/2004, 5:52 PM

Yea, I'm talking a DVD player. I did the try it in the store routine last time and ended up with my current Pioneer DV-333, which still works fine, just was going to get a another one for my new Plasma TV.

Anybody got a specific make model that handles consumer burned DVD+R and DVD+RW well?

daharvey wrote on 12/21/2004, 6:09 PM

I burn both -R and +R, they both seem to work well for all customers. Some of the older (3+ years) DVD player may have trouble with +R's. For my personal use I purchased two new Sony DVD players for about $85 a piece.

Chanimal wrote on 12/22/2004, 1:55 AM

I have always gone to http://www.videohelp.com to find which player to select (and to determine the best compatibility for a clients DVD (so the "demo" DVD works)). It contains hundreds of players with their corresponding compatibility based on users input.

I would find one you like (based on features) and then look it up.

One thing though, I haven't seen many comments that specify the media.

For example, I have a Sony (with built-in 5.1, so it was a more expensive model at the time) that says it will only work with +R's. However, it also reads select brands of -R.

I hope this helps.

TorS wrote on 12/22/2004, 5:45 AM

Try the search function at DVDHelp.com/players.

(BillyBoy, I think it was you who gave me that address long time ago.)
Tor

BillyBoy wrote on 12/22/2004, 7:11 AM

Thanks guys, yep, I'm aware of DVD help site. I was just thinking someone has Brand X model Z and likes it enough to recommend it and I was just looking for that kind of input. <wink>

I lucked out the last time when I got my Pioneer DV 333 which that site rates as a goodie. Looking in the stores the feautes have gone up and prices have gone down, but the one thing I don't like is the same thing that's happened to printers. Most look so flimsy, that a good sneeze would knock them over.

GrizzlyIke wrote on 12/22/2004, 11:17 AM

BB
I have a Sony CD/DVD player that claims to support all of the +/- formatsand Mp3. I haven't tried the RWs, but I have had great success with Vegas/DVDA-produced -R and +R DVDs. The model is DVP NS725P.
Dave

bbcdrum wrote on 12/22/2004, 11:43 AM

They are a bit pricey, but the Harman Kardon machines play just about anything. I have a DVD-25 that has played every flavor of DVD and CD that I have thrown at it, including DVD+R and DVD+RW disks that I have made with DVDA 1 and 2.

HK makes great stuff, IMO.

Kevin

kentwolf wrote on 12/22/2004, 6:12 PM

No question: If you want to play +R & +RW DVD's, every player I have ever used made by *Philips* has done a very good job. No R or RW disks have *ever* failed to play for me.

...And they're fairly inexpensive. (Wal Mart)

I have 4 Philips DVD players in my house and have been very pleased with thier compatibility.

I believe Philips helped pioneer the + format.

Get a Philips and you'll have no problems.

RexA wrote on 12/23/2004, 1:16 AM

Subject seems to imply that DVDs from Vegas might have sensitivities to some players.

I would think that DVDs burned from any source would be most dependent for playability on the burner and the media. Of course, certain possibilities for problems if the generated format is wierd, but I doubt that is the intention in the message.

Given that, some players are more tolerant to subtulties of DVD quality than others. Media is probably more important than the burner.

I think you know all this BB. Was there something specific you had in mind? (Granted, I didn't read all of this thread. Excuse me if I missed answers.)

Recommendation for DVD +R RW+ player that supports DVD's made in Vegas?

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