Choppy video on burned DVDs

I've used my optical drive and Toast Titanium for plenty of DVD video burning and for the most part it's been great. However, the last 20 or so DVD's i've tried to burn have all come out choppy when playing in my DVD player that's connected to my TV (not the MBP). By choppy I mean that it will play, and all the sudden it will pause, for maybe 1-2 seconds sometimes longer, and then it will start playing again. It gets pretty irritating.
I thought perhaps it had something to do with numerous programs i've installed so as I mentioned in another thread with problems i'm having with this computer lately, I reformatted and started with a fresh copy of OSX. Still no dice, I get the same choppy / stuttering videos.
Could this be the optical drive going bad?
Or maybe my DVD player just needs cleaning? even though regular purchased DVDs play fine as opposed to my home made burned ones?
thanks for the help and ideas

can you give more information on the hardware you have installed in your Mega 180?
and can you give more background information; ie how long have you had this system, has it ever worked correctly, did the problem start after you installed any particular software, etc etc...

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