Why aren't standalone DVD players more compatible with burned discs????

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bloody1

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This may be a dumb question, but here it goes:
Why are standalone DVD players not as compatible with burned DVD media as computer DVD players. Most of the people complaining about their burned DVD movies skipping in standalone players are saying that they play fine in their computer. Are there any standalone players that read just like a computer DVD player????
 
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dvd drives are typically more robust in their ability to read media. however, there are some dvd drives that can't read certain types of recordable media as well, so it's a two-way street. there are also many standalones that can read any type of recordable media very easily. it just depends on the hardware capability of the device.
 
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bloody1

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Another thing:
I know a lot of the problems with skipping etc.... on standalone units is due to cheap media. But if the burned disc plays fine on the computer DVD play doesn't that mean the burn was successful and the media is OK??? So isn't it more the problem of the standalone player just not being up to snuff to read the media???
Sorry if these questions are dumb, but I'm just trying to understand.
When I first started burning I purchased some cheap media and I was getting about a 50% success rate ( the other 50% were skipping at the end of the movie). What I can't understand is that the skipping never occured in the same spot ( which tells me that the information was burned in the media properly but the the standalone player was having trouble reading it for whatever reason). Just seems funny that it would have trouble in one spot, but when I played that same spot over it didn't skip.

But now I'm using Ritek so it doesn't matter. I'm just in the market for a new DVD player and was wanting to get one that would play the DVD's I already made with the cheap media.
 
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For a cheap DVD player that plays everything I throw at it APEX AD5131 or a little more money I like the pioneer DV-C503. But they might be older models and you might have problem finding them.
So I tell people look them up here first. But I find in most cases APEX plays everything in fact they hand one that took out the protection on the output of a playing DVD with a firmware upgrade. Sorry I don't remember the model number. Good luck.

Wow mine has a update I didn't know that.
 
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AZImmortal

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bloody1 said:
Another thing:
I know a lot of the problems with skipping etc.... on standalone units is due to cheap media. But if the burned disc plays fine on the computer DVD play doesn't that mean the burn was successful and the media is OK??? So isn't it more the problem of the standalone player just not being up to snuff to read the media???
Sorry if these questions are dumb, but I'm just trying to understand.
When I first started burning I purchased some cheap media and I was getting about a 50% success rate ( the other 50% were skipping at the end of the movie). What I can't understand is that the skipping never occured in the same spot ( which tells me that the information was burned in the media properly but the the standalone player was having trouble reading it for whatever reason). Just seems funny that it would have trouble in one spot, but when I played that same spot over it didn't skip.

But now I'm using Ritek so it doesn't matter. I'm just in the market for a new DVD player and was wanting to get one that would play the DVD's I already made with the cheap media.
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this is what i meant by dvd drives being more robust. it's not unusual for them to be able to read discs of marginal quality that standalones can't handle. the fact that the standalone is unable to read the disc in different spots isn't unusual either. sometimes they can handle it, and sometimes they can't; it's somewhat random with marginal media.

PC-GUY: u might be talking about the Apex 1500, which i own myself. it plays every kind of recordable media, and with a firmware upgrade i've made it region-free, RCE-free, and macrovision-free.
 
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bloody1

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Update:
I purchased a Pioneer 737 DVD player and it was skipping on all the cheap DVD-R media I had previously burned ( just like my old DVD player). So I returned it and got a Toshiba SD-4900. The Toshiba has worked flawlessly and plays all the cheap DVD-R media without a problem ( and of course it plays all the Ritek fine). I had my doubts about the Toshiba brand because I had previously tried some DVD-R disks in a couple of Toshiba players that my friends own ( both players were over a year old) and those players would not even see the disk. But this new player is outstanding.
 
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try using a progressive scan dvd player...I purchased 2 of them at radio shack for 39.99 after the ten dollar rebates...they work great...I also have a $1700.00 kenwood home theater surround sound system..this is hit and miss when I try to watch my back-ups..some will play and others won't...but the progressive scan systems will play all.. :p
 
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bloody1

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Doesn't progressive scan only refer to how the video is output to a high-definition TV. I thought it had nothing to do with how the DVD player reads the DVD's. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
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country2

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HI.I new here but been around...I agree about the Apex esp the older models they'll play everything and are hackable...Now heres something I did to a Philips 724 dvd standalone player that started having playback issues.I got a toshiba Model SD-M1802 from my computer that I just had bought and hooked it up to the philips standalone player (unhooked the old drive and hooked cables up to the new one...yup most decks are just like the one computers uses..cables and power hookups are a mirror image)And it plays outstanding now..even the access times are faster and it only cost me 28 dollars to do...
 
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bloody1

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So you hooked a computer DVD player into a standalone unit??? This sounds like the answer to a lot of people and their compatibility problems with standalone unit. Any comments from the more experiences users???.
 
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country2

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Cannot beleive more people haven't tried that before... I had already thowed the player in the trash got thinking about how much I wanted to buy a dvd burner and not another standalone dvd player and had to dig it out.Posted this on another forum and someone stated they had heard that many were using pc dvd drives.I wasn't able to mount it directly insde case since what was in it was about half inch longer (I guess to clear the lcd board )So stuck the pc drive on top with some rubber bumper things to keep it from sliding and also for better cooling.If you want I can send some pictures of it and whats insde the standalone case...:)
 
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country2

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ok imagestation is aweful as far as sharing the entire album on web page ..lets see if this works,.... nope.. now this ..http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p1c17abf176d599262331a8ffed82d5b6/f9f0b8ac.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p2f96ab927fac166addcd9c875d574423/f9f0b8af.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p180bc1ff43c45dfdc9e16c05f479ea31/f9f0b8b9.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p7fbc378b149f1e3cef936ea2cf2bad4b/f9f0b8c3.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p1e93f002cebe3bf38d3c947157e6c056/f9f0b8cd.jpg
 
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country2

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PC-GUY said:
You have to be a member. :( Any chance you can post them here?:cool:
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ok hopefully that will work if not I'll post my password since only reason it was set up was to post pics here...Didn't realize you had to invite people thru email....OH I dont take any responsability(cannot spell either)if you tear it up,shocked,get killed or make the wife mad for stopping her movie while you pull the player apart...cheers and have a slammin day!
 
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