DVD's burned in OZ won't play in the US

I have burned multiple DVDs in both PAL and NTSC format and they all play on my multi system TV at home (in Australia) however they don't seem to work for relatives I have sent them to in the States. I have sent them to multiple people as well and they all complain that it plays for a little while (about 5 mins) and then stops, sometimes complaining of a scratched DVD, other times with no message at all. I have given the same DVDs in PAL format to people in Australia and none of them have had any problems.
My initial reaction was that it must be a region code thing, however a quick search has found that iDVD doesn't even have the ability to burn DVDs with a region code.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60788#faq11
Is it possible that it is a problem with the type of DVD I am using? DVD-R vs. DVD+R? Or anything like that? I am really stuck and feel that I have tried everything!?!?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Lower the speed like this within Toast or apple's Disc Utilities:
Click Here
Then use apple's DVD player to test that image like this:
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