DVD's created from iDVD 6.0.2 won't play in other DVD players

I currently purchased a MacBook Pro with the new iLife, I am running iDVD 6.0.2 and have created a DVD of a home movie. I have tested the playback of the DVD in the Mac and it works perfectly; however, I have now tried it in 3 other DVD players (a home DVD player that is 2 years old, a PC DVD player that is less than 6months old, and a Laptop DVD player less than 2 months old) and all of them refuse the DVD.
I built the DVD using NTSC (not PAL), and I have tried it in 16:9 and 4:3 formats using a DVD-R and DVD+R disc.
Any suggestions or thoughts as to why this is happening?
Mike

Hello Mike,
a DVD burned on a mac is likely to play there - your burner should recognize it's work.... there are, however often compatibility issues with other DVD players, especially set-top players. these problems are most commonly related to DVD-brand quality/compatibility issues or burn speed issues.
to try and solve the problem try the following:
1. do not burn your DVD using iDVD. instead create a disc image on your hard drive
2. burn the disc image to disc using Toast's "DVD from VIDEO_TS" option (you could use disc utility but it doesn't give you burn speed control).
3. choose a good quality DVD. if you check around on this board you'll find that most of the knowledgable users recommend Verbatim and i'll second that.
4. burn at slow speed. i personally burn at 2x but you could give it a try at 4x.
5. use DVD-R in order to avoid compatibility problems. never use rewritable media.
hope this helps
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