Burned DVD only works on my iMac

I've just finished a project on my iDVD 5, then inserted the DVD on my Pioneer DVD player, the burned DVD works, but incorrectly, the screen is like jumping, the sound is ok and also the buttons, after I select a movie I can view it, but still with the screen jumping over and over again..... so I ejected the DVD from my player and the Pioneer screen still jumps, with no DVD on it, after I insert a non-burned one, then it looks normally again. Then tryed the same burned DVD on my iMac and it works correctly, no problems on the display or anything else, what would it be? may it be a problem with the burned format or my DVD player?
The DVD I used to burn this project is a Samsung DVD+RW 4x...

Samsung DVD+RW 4x...
Try another brand of blank DVD-R, I like Verbatim.
I avoid DVD+RW, the compatibilty is much worse than DVD-R, and since DVD-R is so cheap, it's hard to justify using DVD+RW in any case if you value your time. After all you have to erase it (time) it burns slower (more time) and it's bound to give you more problems (more time).
My bet is a good blank DVD-R disk will solve your problem.....
John B,

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