Created DVDs don't play on other machines

I have had an MBA since the summer and bought a new imac last week-end. I have created two DVDs on the MBA using the external disk drive. The DVDs play perfectly well on the MBA, but the imac just spews them out. They also don't play on the DVD player in the lounge, but the one in our spare room (£27 from Asda some time ago) plays them OK. Any ideas?

The way to test a finished Dvd (or even a disc image for that matter) is with apple's Dvd player application.
Assuming the disc image plays exactly as expected, then we can pretty much rule out the machine used to create it. Let's assume it plays fine through Apple's DVD Player, then the next 2 items we need to consider are Media and Burn Speed (hopefully set to 4x or lower).
I highly recommend using the highest quality media available for most macs like Verbatim, Maxell, or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R. I also recommend avoiding media like Memorex (at least while troubleshooting on this iDvd Forum).

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