DVD Player Has Black Screen

I have a new 15" Mac Book Pro. I am trying to play dvd's that I recorded on a Panasonic DVD Recorder from my Direct TV TIVO Recorder.
DVD Player recognizes the dvd and will even display the title page but when I try to play the disc all I get is a black screen with DVD Player in the right bottom of the screen.
Any help out there?
MacBookPro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

HI Jofoso and welcome to Apple Discussions.
I located this site. http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/6FFE4614-E1AB-45C7-8611-19D06ECC AD9F.html
Something tells me it's the formatting with Direct TV TIVO Recorder that an Apple DVD Player can't read but perhaps there's information in the link above that can help.
Carolyn

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