DVD playback is standard on TV DVD player

Hi all,
I saved and burned my DVD projects in the 16.9 widescreen format. It plays fine on my Macs but when played back on my TV and DVD player, it plays as 4.3 standard, causing the title and menus to cut off screen. Can the age of my TV (11yrs old) and DVD player (7yrs old) have anything to do with the problem? I also want full control of the display options like a rented movie. I get the icon that doesn't allow control.
Thanks for your help
web dude

Can the age of my TV (11yrs old) and DVD player (7yrs old) have anything to do with the problem[]/i]
Sounds highly likely. Do they have adjustable settings for widescreen?

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• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
These DVDs could be made in DVD-Studio Pro. But they don’t playback on any other standard DVD-Player.
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(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
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Hello Hunt. How are you today?
I spent a bit of time yesterday looking into free players for the MAC that I test on, the OS its running is OSX 10.3.9. Though it may seem foolish to have an old machine, it's actually quite useful to test your developments on fast, capable computers and also the slow, older machines. It's tricky to know what age machines schools will have, as the LAs (Local Authorities) for schools all have different budgets and priorities.
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Thanks in advance to all those who offer advice.
...Tom

Does the iBook still have its OS 9 startup volume? Go to System Preferences > Startup Disk and see if OS 9 is available. If it is, select it and start up in OS 9 and see if the speaker problem exists there, also. If so, it points to a hardware issue.
As for the DVD problems, try closing all other applications when trying to watch a DVD. Maximizing the RAM with a 512 MB RAM module may help. With the limited RAM, DVD's may play better in OS 9, as well.
How big is the hard drive and how much space remains available on it?

DVD Playback Error Problems.

Hi,
When I put in a DVD a initialation error pops up saying Player requires a newer version of DVD Playback frame work
[-70103]. How do I fix this? Thanks.

I would suggest running a system software update.
Keep in mind that it is recommended to back up your important files and data before doing so.
The option to do so should be in your Apple menu.
CG

DVD playback is standard on TV DVD player

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