DVD menu glitch at end of loop

I've just used iDVD '08 to create a project using the iDVD 6.0 theme “Reflection White”. The main menu loop runs a bit less than 30 seconds. In the iDVD app, the transition from the end of the loop to the beginning is seamless, both in the Motion mode, and in the Preview DVD Playback mode.
But after burning an image file and using DVD Player to play it, the menu “hiccups” at the end of the loop. Just enough to be annoying, but I could probably live with it.
So I burned a DVD. I have two DVD players, a LiteON LVW-5005 player/recorder, and an older Go-Video DVP-850 player. On the Go-Video the result mirrors what I saw playing from the image file with DVD Player on my iMac - a momentary hiccup at the main menu loop transition.
However, the LiteON is another story. When I play the DVD on that machine, the menu animation complete freezes at the end of the menu loop. However, the menu selection still works, I can play the movies, and it is fine until it returns to the main menu and hits the end of the loop again. When it freezes, I can also hit the Menu button on the remote to restart the menu loop.
I discovered a slight cosmetic problem in the menu (highlight for a menu selection), so while I was fixing that, I increased the loop time by a couple of seconds (the default loop time was 30 sec, and I had shorted it to about 24 sec to match the background music). When It finishes encoding the new version, I'll burn another DVD and see if it makes any difference.
Anybody have any suggestions or comments?
Thanks.

SDMacuser wrote:
Can you also let us know how well this particular media works out for you and those whom you issue copies to? According to Len Goff, TDK isn't much better than Memorex (a brand to be avoided also especially on older macs). I can confirm this with TDK 2x but not with anything rated at a higher speed for this one brand.
I've been a video hobbyist for for many years. In the past several of years, I've given away hundreds of DVDs containing performance videos to the entertainers at a nearby theme park I frequent. I've been getting my TDK printable DVR-Rs on 100-disc spindles at Costco (though recently, I think the Sony brand has replaced them on the shelves out there - don't know who makes those). I can't recall the last time I had a disc write failure, and I don't believe I've ever had anyone complain that the disc I gave them had problems (but I suppose it's possible they were just being polite ).
In the last two years I've been burning most of my DVDs in my MacBook (late 2006), and on an external LaCie D2 Quadra attached to my trusty old iMac G4 800. A few months ago, I replaced that iMac with a new 24” iMac. The DVDs I'm referring to in this thread were burned on the new iMac's internal burner and the LaCie external (attached to the new iMac). So I haven't been trying to burn these DVDs on older Macs.
I delivered 3 of the DVDs in question to a friend this evening (video of her sister's Quinceanera celebration), and described the specific problem I was seeing. I asked her to report back if the family had any trouble viewing them. So we'll see.
As soon as I can, I'm also going to get some of the brands recommended in this thread and see if they make a difference.
Thanks.

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