Best way to write entire DVD-R?

It's come to my attention that certain set top DVD players (Phillips in particular) won't play recordable media with a small amount of information written to the disc. But if you burn more than 4GB to the disc, the player reads the disc just fine. I'm working with a 15-minute program, so I'm obviously not near the 4GB. I'm interested in maximizing functionality and playability on all machines, so I'm wondering if there's a way within DVDSP, Disk Utility or Toast to write the entire disc. I've tested this by inserting video tracks that the user cannot reach from the menus, but the user could easily use the 'chapter forward' function and get lost in the dummy tracks. Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Yes, TY media are good, but Memorex? This forum is littered with references to the coasters that they make.
The media in question here are TY, Verbatim and some leftover Apple brand discs from the old days. DVD-R manufacturer definitely has nothing to do with this. It's definitely an idiosyncrasy of the Phillips player in question. I've never had it happen with any of the other dozen or so players we have around here.
We maintain many different brands of DVD player in our studios to be able to simulate any situation our products may find themselves in. Our goal is to be able to reach the largest audience possible for our clients, no matter their technological limitations. That is not always easy or even possible, given the amount of old, poor, and poorly maintained computers and DVD players out there. But we try to reach as many as possible. As tempting as it might be to always blame the user's equipment, we have to try to find novel ways of making every project as accessible as possible.
I'll mark this question as answered, because I've discovered that there is no way to write to the edge of a DVD-R without the requisite amount of QT tracks within the DVDSP project. If anyone ever has any other ideas, please offer them. Thanks to all for contributing.

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