Dvd burn only creates data disc

recently I succesfully created an SD DVD which I first built and then formatted to a DVD. this disc played perfectly in my dvd player.
after this success I went ahead and created a new DVD but this time with HD footage (I changed the settings to HD in the preferences before starting the new project), and after following all of the same steps after formatting the dvd it is only read as a data disc in my dvd player.
studio pro shows "formatting succesfull" when finished in all cases
can anyone fill me in?
(as a side note.. when first creating the SD dvd, simply pressing the burn button also only created a data disc. it wasn't until I first built it and then formatted it that the dvd would play properly in my player)
thanks

Welcome to the boards
HD Discs will not play on regular SD players so when you changed to HD in the preferences it probably caused the issue
HD footage needs to be converted to SD m2v.
You must build your project before formatting the project, so if you formatted without a proper build somehow that could also cause a problem.

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