DVD will not play on certain stand alone machines.  Help!

Hello, everyone. I'm going crazy trying to find a solution to this. I burn a lot of DVDs for people using DVD-R media, and burned at 1x. For most people, that works fine. However, I have certain people who just can't get a clean copy - the video will stutter, for example. I know that standalone DVD players are only compatible with certain media, but the ones having trouble have DVD-R listed.
I'm creating videos using iMovie 08, sending it to iDVD, saving a Video_TS folder, and then burning it with Roxio Toast. Is there better burning software? Are there settings I can change to make it more universal? Would trying DVD+R help? Any help/suggestions would be great.

Perhaps the brand is the problem. I have Philips DVD-R and Memorex DVD+R. I will try the Verbatim, since I see that a lot of people here like that. Like I said, the ones I'm using work in each of the 5 DVD players in my house, just not for others. But I guess I just have less picky hardware than the people who are having issues.

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