Burning discs that work in low-end DVD players

Hi everybody.
Situation: I'm burning DVDs of a rough cut of a documentary for festivals and various interested parties. I'm burning with DVD SP. I was using Memorex 16X DVDs. The resulting DVDs work on computers and most DVD players. But they don't work on mine, a cheap Toshiba (SD-2109).
So I switched to Verbatim 4X DVDs. Same result. They work on computers and most - but not all - DVD players and not on my DVD player.
Should I switch to a different brand/different burn speed? Or is it impossible to burn DVDs on DVD SP that are reliable everywhere? Do I need to be burning with Toast so I can match the burn speed to the disc speed AND use a higher end DVD such as verbatim? Memorex 16X DVDs burned with Toast set at 16X do not play on my DVD player either.

Assuming that everyone who had a failure reported it, that is 4% from burned DVDs from a computer using Memorex, which does not sound that bad believe it or not.
The SD-2109 is a rather old player and some older players can be difficult, there is a difference between a replicated DVD and a burned DVD in how they work/made.
If possible you can try this:
www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/making_dvdcopies.html
and burn in finder using a slower speed. Also if could be that the media is not playable
But before you do that, look here for the media playback issue for your machine, it is listed as an issue on a couple of sites - in other words it looks DVD-R/Player issue more than a DVD SP issue.
http://www.kitchenmedia.com/dvd_compat.html
http://2video.fxfinc.com/VideotoDVD.htm
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/bix/482?nextcomments=25

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