Burning hd dvd on single layer dvd

I have just burned my first hd dvd onto a normal single layer dvd and it works beautifully on my Mac but does not play in any hd dvd player I could find to test in South Africa, neither in my friends' pcs. What is wrong?

I had a good look at the article on macvideo.co.uk and I am going to try what is described there.
Meanwhile, I was thinking of a backup option in case the hd dvd does not work. It is to play the hd movie directly on the pc connected to the large hd flat screen 1920 x 1080 pixels.
As a Mac user, I don't know well what is the best format to export the hd movie to get the best results. Any suggestion?
And also what special player or add-on do I need to play the movie on the pc under windows?

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